Gates suggests he'll request more U.S. troops for duty in Afghanistan

Thursday, January 18, 2007

BAGRAM AIR BASE, Afghanistan -- Defense Secretary Robert Gates suggested Wednesday he would ask President Bush to send more troops to Afghanistan, an increase that could intensify pressure on a U.S. military already straining to wage the war in Iraq.

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