Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates spoke with Japanese Foreign Minister Katsuya Okada in Tokyo on Tuesday. Pool photograph by Toru HanaiU.S. Decision Can't Wait For Afghan Legitimacy: Gates -- Reuters
ABOARD A U.S. MILITARY AIRCRAFT (Reuters) - The United States cannot wait for problems surrounding the legitimacy of the Afghan government to be resolved before making a decision on troops, U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates said.
Gates, speaking to reporters on board a plane traveling to Tokyo, described the situation in Afghanistan as an evolutionary process that would not improve dramatically overnight, regardless of what course is taken following the country's flawed August election.
"I see this as a process, not something that's going to happen all of the sudden," Gates said.
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More News From U.S. Secretary of Defense Gates
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Gates Says Afghan Vote Will Not Slow Strategy -- New York Times
US troop move may come without Afghan 'legitimacy': Gates -- AFP
My Comment: Is he on the same page as the White House?
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