Robert Gates actually said...

There is no doubt that these wars have cost the United States, the American taxpayers a lot of money.

Gates acknowledges the financial burden of the wars on taxpayers.

06/15/2010

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I do believe that the senior Taliban are only going to be interested in reconciling in terms that are acceptable to the Afghan Government, a...

destabilize not just Afghanistan, not just Pakistan, but potentially the whole region.

I would like to work with Congress in figuring out a way to try and bring some modest control to this program.

July 2011 is the beginning of a process of drawing down in Afghanistan. That process will be based on conditions on the ground.