Robert Gates actually said...

I have felt, ever since I got this job, that we have been too focused on the central government in Kabul.

We want to communicate to the Afghans this is not an open-ended commitment on the part of the American people and our allies around the worl...

the July 2011 date was chosen because it will be 2 years after the Marines arrived in Helmand.

How do we refine and narrow the mission to make it achievable, and achieve the objectives, in terms of our own security?