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Robert Gates and Karl Eikenberry, Bagram
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Gates sees progress in tour of Afghan war zone
By ANNE GEARAN | AP National Security Writer | COMBAT OUTPOST SENJERAY, Afghanistan (AP) - U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Friday he saw and heard evidence that the U.S. counterinsurgency str... (photo: Public Domain / Geo Swan)
U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates testifies to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee regarding the U.S.-Russian Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty May 18, 2010, at Dirksen Senate Office Building in Washington, D.C. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Navy Adm. Mike Mullen also answered questions about the arms agreement, which measures further reduction and limitations on strategic offensive arms. (DoD photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Chad J. McNeeley, U.S. Navy/Released)
Afghanistan   Defence   Photos   Us   Wikipedia :Robert M. Gates   		 Seattle Times 
Gates sees progress in tour of Afghan war zone
COMBAT OUTPOST SENJERAY, Afghanistan - | U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Friday he saw and heard evidence that the U.S. counterinsurgency strategy is taking hold in critical Kandahar province... (photo: US DoD / Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Chad J. McNeeley, U.S. Navy)
Pakistanis displaced by flooding plead for handouts during an aid distribution by the Pakistani Air Force at a temporary camp set up for residents who had to flee their homes in Sukkar, Sindh Province, southern Pakistan, Thursday, Aug. 19, 2010.  The Star 
Pakistan gets IMF relief, tightens security
| LAHORE, Pakistan (Reuters) - The International Monetary Fund will give Pakistan $450 million in emergency flood aid, providing some relief for a government overwhelmed by the disaster and facing ren... (photo: AP / Kevin Frayer)
Floods   IMF   Pakistan   Photos   Wikipedia: 2010 Pakistan floods  
A U.S. soldier of Charlie Company 1-15 Infantry, 3rd Brigade Combat team, 3rd Infantry Division, passes next to a wall painted with the Iraqi flag during a routine patrol in Salman Pak, about 30 miles (45 kilometers) south of Baghdad, Iraq, Saturday, March 1, 200  Gulf News 
The risks of withdrawal loom
| Entering a war is easy; getting out of it is the hard part. That axiom is particularly true for the United States today, as it muddles through three wars — two of which were forced upon it (Af... (photo: AP / Petros Giannakouris)
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U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates, right, is greeted by top NATO commander Gen. David Petraeus as he arrives in Kabul, Afghanistan on Thursday, Sept. 2, 2010. The New York Times
Gates Lands in Afghanistan
| KABUL, Afghanistan — Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates arrived here on an unannounced visit Thursday for meetings with American military commanders and President ... (photo: AP / Jim Watson, Pool)
Afghanistan   Defense   Photos   US   Wikipedia: War in Afghanistan (2001present)  
A logo of the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) is seen outside one of its branches in London, Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2008. Shares at the Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC plunged 39 percent in early trading on Tuesday, as investors worried that the British government was not doing enough to boost banks' balance sheets in the financial cris The New York Times
R.B.S. to Cut 3,500 Jobs in Britain
| LONDON — Royal Bank of Scotland, the bank controlled by the British government, said Thursday it plans to cut another 3,500 jobs and close 10 offices in Britain t... (photo: AP / Akira Suemori)
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Former British prime minister Tony Blair, now the Middle East envoy for the so-called Quartet peacemakers, speaks at a meeting of the French ruling conservative party, the Union for a Popular Movement party (UMP), Saturday, Jan. 12, 2008 in Paris. Blair was invited on Saturday by French President Nicolas Sarkozy to deliver a speech before some 2,000 party members The Australian
Tony Blair memoir reveals support for George W. Bush and Guantanamo Bay
| TONY Blair admires George W. Bush more than almost any other politician in the world and uses his memoir, A Journey, to give a qualified endorsement of the Guantanamo B... (photo: AP / Thibault Camus)
Iraq   Photos   Tony Blair   War   Wikipedia: A Journey  
People mourn the deaths of Wednesday's blast victims during their funeral in Lahore, Pakistan on Thursday, Sept. 2, 2010. Asia Times
Al-Qaeda makes a point with Lahore attack
|      Sep 3, 2010 Al-Qaeda makes a point with Lahore attack | By Syed Saleem Shahzad | ISLAMABAD - After announcing the formal end to combat operatio... (photo: AP / K.M. Chaudary)
Al Qaida   Lahore   Photos   Terrorism   Wikipedia: Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan  
U.S. Air Force Col. T. Harrison Smith Jr. assumes duties of the U.S. air base in Kyrgyzstan new commander during a ceremony at the Manas Air Base near the capital, Bishkek, Monday, June 4, 2007, with Kyrgyz, right, and U.S. flags in the foreground. The base, located at Kyrgyzstan's main civilian airport, hosts about 1,200 American and dozens of French and Spanish servicemen, as well as several military cargo and refueling aircraf Asia Times
Clawing back credibility in Kyrgyzstan
|      Sep 3, 2010 Clawing back credibility in Kyrgyzstan | By Yong Kwon | American airmen sometimes call the Manas Transit Center in Kyrgyzstan "the ... (photo: AP / Azamat Imanaliev)
Democracy   Kyrgyzstan   Photos   Politics   US  
People sit before graffiti that read "Long live Taliban leader Mullah Mohammad Omar," in Pakistan's border town of Chaman at the Afghan border on Wednesday, Dec. 26, 2007. These fresh graffiti are seen in border towns supporting religious candidates take part in the coming general elections. Asia Times
The degree zero of culture
|      Sep 3, 2010 LIFE IN TALIBANISTAN, Part 2 | The degree zero of culture | By Pepe Escobar | This is the second article in a three-part report. | ... (photo: AP Photo / Shah Khalid)
Afghanistan   Culture   Photos   Taliban   Wikipedia: Taliban  
Delta force GIs disguised as Afghan civilians, November 2001 C. Star Tribune
Afghan fighting kills 2 US troops, 37 insurgents; Kabul says NATO strike killed civilians
| KABUL, Afghanistan - Two American troops died in fighting in Afghanistan on Thursday, while NATO and local officials said coalition and Afghan forces killed dozens of i... (photo: Public Domain / Geo Swan)
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Commander, Fleet Forces Command, Adm. John Nathman, greets the Honorable Secretary of Defense (SECDEF), Robert M. Gates, aboard USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) for an official visit and tour. Breitbart
US defence chief Gates on surprise Afghan visit
| US Defence Secretary Robert Gates arrived in Kabul Thursday on a surprise v... | US Defence Secretary Robert Gates arrived in Kabul Thursday on a surprise visit followi... (photo: US Navy / Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Mari Matsumoto)
Afghanistan   Defence   Photos   US  
Volunteers rush an injured to an ambulance following explosions during Shiite Muslims procession in Lahore, Pakistan on Wednesday, Sept. 1, 2010. Inquirer
Suicide blasts in Lahore kill 25, injure 180
| LAHORE—Three suicide bombers targeted a Shiite mourning procession in Pakistan's eastern city of Lahore on Wednesday, killing at least 25 people and wounding 180, polic... (photo: AP / Hamza Ahmed)
Defence   Pakistan   Photos   Terrorism   Wikipedia: Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan  
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U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates testifies to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee regarding the U.S.-Russian Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty May 18, 2010, at Dirksen Senate Office Building in Washington, D.C. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Navy Adm. Mike Mullen also answered questions about the arms agreement, which measures further reduction and limitations on strategic offensive arms. (DoD photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Chad J. McNeeley, U.S. Navy/Released)
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Withe the help of a Marine, center, and a Navy medic, right, U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Audrey Ramos, left, of San Antonio, Texas, a Flight Medic with Task Force Shadow, oversees the evacuation of an Afghan child with multiple gunshot wounds, west of Lashkar Gah, in southern Afghanistan Thursday, Sept. 2, 2010.
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Withe the help of a Marine, center, and a Navy medic, right, U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Audrey Ramos, left, of San Antonio, Texas, a Flight Medic with Task Force Shadow, oversees the evacuation of an Afghan child with multiple gunshot wounds, west of Lashkar Gah, in southern Afghanistan Thursday, Sept. 2, 2010.
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U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates, right, is greeted by top NATO commander Gen. David Petraeus as he arrives in Kabul, Afghanistan on Thursday, Sept. 2, 2010.
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