Sec. of Defense Robert Gates understands the public’s fatigue with Afghanistan. “I don’t believe that the war is slipping through the administration’s fingers,” said Gates. “The nation has been at war for eight years. The fact that Americans would be tired of having their sons and daughters at risk and in battle is not surprising.” That and other political news in today’s TPMDC Morning Roundup.
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