US Defence Secretary Robert Gates Visits Afghanistan

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US Defence Secretary Robert Gates Visits Afghanistan
AFGHANISTAN - MARCH 09: US Secretary of Defence Robert Gates (L) speaks with RC South Commander Major General Nick Carter (R) during a meeting at Kandahar Air Base in Kandahar on March 9, 2010 in Afghanistan. Gates held talks with commanders on a major ongoing offensive in southern Afghanistan and plans to move against the Taliban in Kandahar. He called a recent operation in the Marjah area of Helmand province "only one of many battles still to come in a much longer campaign focused on protecting the people of Afghanistan." (Photo by Jim Watson - Pool/Getty Images)