Afghan row may make NATO two-tiered alliance: Gates
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NATO risks a split between countries that are willing to fight and those that are not because some European states refuse to send more troops to Afghanistan, U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates said on Wednesday.
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MUNICH, Germany  - Defense Secretary Robert Gates made a direct appeal to Europeans on Sunday to support the war in Afghanistan, warning that violence and terrorism could surge worldwide if NATO was defeated there.
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Defense Secretary Robert Gates, at a meeting of European defense ministers, won a commitment from Slovakia on Monday to increase its troop presence in Afghanistan.
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U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates said on Tuesday Washington's agreement to use a military air base in Kyrgyzstan was necessary to support the war in Afghanistan.
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Defense Secretary Robert Gates will  press NATO allies this week for more troops and aid to relieve  shortfalls in Afghanistan as commanders prepare a spring  offensive against the Taliban, a senior U.S. defense official  said.
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RAWALPINDI, Pakistan  - Defense Secretary Robert Gates discussed plans for a spring offensive against the Taliban and al Qaeda in Afghanistan when he met Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf on Monday.
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Tension among allies over the war in Afghanistan spilled into the open on Wednesday as NATO rejected U.S. criticism that some of its troops did not know how to fight a guerrilla insurgency.
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Defense Secretary Robert Gates believes NATO forces operating in the Taliban stronghold of southern Afghanistan do not know how to fight a guerrilla insurgency, a newspaper reported on Wednesday.
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Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Tuesday that NATO allies must provide the troops and equipment needed to battle an expected increase in violence by Taliban insurgents in Afghanistan this spring.
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Defense Secretary Robert Gates  plunged into NATO diplomacy at his first alliance meeting this  week and some European allies pronounced him easier to deal  with than his bristly predecessor, Donald Rumsfeld.
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KABUL, Afghanistan -- US Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates arrived in Kabul yesterday for his second visit to the Afghan capital since becoming the Pentagon chief, saying that although he believes progress is being made in the country, he wants to ensure there is no slackening of effort.
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Pentagon chief Robert Gates responded Sunday to Vladimir Putin's assault on U.S. foreign policy by saying "one Cold War is enough" and that he would go to Moscow to try to reduce tensions. Gates also sought more allied help in Afghanistan.
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U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates will consider a proposal to send some 3,000 additional U.S. troops to Afghanistan to thwart any spring offensive by Taliban militants, the Pentagon said on Wednesday.
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U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates will  ask Ukraine and other eastern European countries this week to  send troops to Afghanistan to cover a shortfall in trainers for  the Afghan army, a senior U.S. defense official said.
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MUNICH -- US Secretary of Defense Robert Gates responded yesterday to Vladimir Putin's assault on US foreign policy by saying "one Cold War is enough." He said he would travel to Moscow to try to reduce tensions and sought more allied help in Afghanistan.
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Nato can prevail in Afghanistan - but only if members boost their commitment, the alliance's head warns.
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Sometimes strident, sometimes  sympathetic, U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates is walking a  fine line in trying to win more public support and troops from  Europe for NATO's war in Afghanistan.