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Robert Gates: “The goals we did have for Afghanistan are too broad and too far into the future.”

On the recordFebruary 25, 2009
The goals we did have for Afghanistan are too broad and too far into the future.
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Robert Gates
Republican · Texas

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Gates critiques the broad goals set for Afghanistan's strategy.

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