Robert Gates actually said...

If you guys and everybody keeps the pressure on, we can hang onto everything we've gained over the last year to 18 months, we can expand the security bubble beyond that . . . We have succeeded in stopping the Taliban's momentum . . . but we've just kind of turned that corner and I think we need to keep the pressure on.

Context

Gates emphasized the need for continued pressure to maintain security gains in Afghanistan.

02/14/2011

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