Gates acknowledged in the interview with al-Jazeera that the heavier fighting and growing number of casualties in Afghanistan have weakened public support for the war. "There is a sort of war awareness on the part of the American people," Gates said. |
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Sheila Samples is an Oklahoma writer and a former civilian US Army Public Information Officer. She is a Managing Editor for OpEd News, and a regular contributor for a variety of Internet sites.