US Defense Secretary Robert Gates said on Tuesday it was "impossible" at the moment to set a date for the eventual withdrawal of international troops from Afghanistan.
"I think it's impossible to put a date on when you might firmly say all the troops are coming out," Gates told a news conference with his French counterpart, Herve Morin.
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