President Obama met with Presidents Hamid Karzai of Afghanistan, left, and Asif Ali Zardari of Pakistan at the White House in an effort to improve ties between their countries. Jim Wilson/The New York TimesUS Troops In Afghanistan Won't Be Sent To Pakistan -- Yahoo News/AP
CAMP LEATHERNECK, Afghanistan – There are no plans to deploy U.S. ground troops to Pakistan, U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Thursday, despite concerns over increasing violence between Pakistani troops and Taliban militants.
Speaking to about 300 Marines at Camp Leatherneck in southern Afghanistan on Thursday, Gates assured them that they wouldn't be fighting in the neighboring sovereign nation.
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