Gates: Afghanistan Progress A 'Tough Pull' -- FOX News
The Afghan army will be ready to assume primary responsibility for security only in parts of Afghanistan so a big drawdown of U.S. troops may not take place in July 2011, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Sunday.
Gates said progress in Afghanistan is being made, but not as rapidly as defense officials planned. The secretary attributed that to the U.S. military taking longer on "shaping of the environment" before engaging troops.
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