US Defense Secretary Robert Gates speaks during a joint press …

Dar Yasin | published: March 7, 2011

US Defense Secretary Robert Gates speaks during a joint press conference with Afghan President Hamid Karzai, unseen, at the presidential palace in Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, March, 7, 2011. Gates said that both the U.S. and Afghan governments agree the American military should remain involved in Afghanistan after the planned 2014 end of combat operations to help train and advise Afghan forces.