Robert Gates actually said...

We are clearly working very hard to see if there are opportunities to send additional forces sooner rather than later.

Robert Gates discusses the urgency of sending additional forces to Afghanistan.

07/15/2008

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We will begin that first transition, or that first transfer, if you will, in July 2011.

I think it'll be a gradual process, much as we saw in Iraq.

We will do it on a province-by-province basis.

we are monitoring the situation in multiple countries very carefully.