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Gates Warns on More Troops to Afghanistan
Defense Secretary Robert Gates told a Senate panel that sending more U S troops could backfire and warned civilian casualties erode support. He floated adding brigades by spring and summer but remained skeptical about further forces after that citing historical failures and the risk of turning Afghanistan into a terrorist haven.
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