INCIRLIK AIR BASE, Turkey, July 29 -- Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates said Wednesday that the relatively low levels of violence in Iraq and improved cooperation of late between U.S. and Iraqi forces have raised the possibility that commanders might be able to "modestly accelerate" the reduction of... -
Gates Speaks of Quicker Troop Decrease in Iraq
INCIRLIK AIR BASE, Turkey, July 29 -- Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates said Wednesday that the relatively low levels of violence in Iraq and improved cooperation of late between U.S. and Iraqi forces have raised the possibility that commanders might be able to "modestly accelerate" the reduction of...-
By Greg Jaffe