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US defence chief confirms plans to quit

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Source: AFP

AFP

US Defence Secretary Robert Gates confirmed on Monday plans to leave office next year, saying he first wanted to make sure the start of the American withdrawal from Afghanistan is on track.

"I think that by next year I'll be in a position where - you know, we're going to know whether the strategy is working in Afghanistan," Gates said in an interview with the American magazine Foreign Policy.

"We'll have completed the surge. We'll have done the assessment in December. And it seems like somewhere there in 2011 is a logical opportunity to hand off."

Read more: http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-world/us-defence-chief-confirms-plans-to-quit-20100816-12752.html

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