News Gates addresses Marines in dangerous Afghan district

Gates addresses Marines in dangerous Afghan district

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Gates addresses Marines in dangerous Afghan district

SANGIN, Afghanistan -- More U.S. forces have died in this mountainous, hauntingly beautiful Taliban narcotics center than in any other place in the nearly 10-year-old Afghan war -- 29 Marines in the last five months alone. In December, the Pentagon was so worried that helicopters might come under fire that it canceled plans for Defense Secretary Robert Gates to visit.

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