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Gates’s Trip Hits Snags in Two Theaters
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Mr. Gates found himself grounded by weather in Kabul, stood up by the prime minister in Baghdad and startled by President Hamid Karzai of Afghanistan, who blurted out at a palace news conference that the Afghans would not be able to pay for their own security forces until 2024.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/13/wo...ef=global-home
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Richard
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