Gates Says U.S. Is in Position to Take Some Troops Out of Afghanistan

Gates Says U.S. Is in Position to Take Some Troops Out of Afghanistan : "Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates said Monday that the United States was “well positioned” to begin withdrawing some American troops from Afghanistan in July, but he said that a substantial force would remain and that the United States was starting talks with the Afghans about keeping a security presence in the country beyond 2014."