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It really requires a historian’s perspective in terms of what happens here in the long run. BOB GATES, U.S. defense secretary, after being asked whether the war in Afghanistan had been worth it.
Wednesday, Sep. 01, 2010

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  • ROBERT GATES,
  • U.S. Defense Secretary, on whether the war in Iraq was worth the cost
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