KABUL – Defense Secretary Robert Gates arrived late Monday in Afghanistan with plans to assure officials and American troops there that the United States is committed to winning the war despite plans to begin pulling forces out in 2011.

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Gates message in Afghanistan: US is ‘in this thing to win’ (Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune)

Defense Secretary Robert Gates, traveling in Afghanistan, plans to carry the message to Afghans and U.S. troops that the United States “is in this thing to win.”

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Gates in Afghanistan: US `in this thing to win’ (AP via Yahoo! News)

Pyongyang, December 7 (KCNA) — Kim Yong Nam, president of the Presidium of the DPRK Supreme People’s Assembly, Sunday sent a message of sympathy to Dmitri Anatolievich Medvedev, President of the Russian Federation, as regards the fire accident in Perm of Russia that claimed many casualties.

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Kim Yong Nam Sends Message of Sympathy to Russian President (Korean Central News Agency)