Gates warns Iran over Afghan "Double Game"
U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates arrived in Afghanistan early Monday as coalition forces continued to restore order in the town of Marjah, the first major test of the U.S. and NATO counterinsurgency strategy since President Obama ordered 30,000 new American troops to blunt the Taliban’s momentum.
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