2010-09-30 — huffingtonpost.com
"We're not leaving Afghanistan prematurely," Gates finally said. "In fact, we're not ever leaving at all..." When questioned by Republican Senator Lindsay Graham about the July 2011 deadline to begin withdrawing troops, Obama tells him: "Well, if you'd asked me that question, what I would say is, 'We're going to start leaving.' I have to say that. I can't let this be a war without end, and I can't lose the whole Democratic Party... And people at home don't want to hear we're going to be there for ten years."
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