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Gates and Mullen on Afghanistan

US Defense Secretary Bob Gates and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Mike Mullen discuss Afghanistan. "There is no way to defeat Al Qaeda, which is the mission, with just that approach," Mullen said, addressing George Will's comments that the US should pull out of Afghanistan and target al Qaeda via Predator strikes and special operations forces. "You can't do it remotely, and you can't do it from off-shore."

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