Obama Team Rejects Criticism Of Afghan Exit Timing

President Obama announced last week that would boost the U.S. Troop numbers, but start pulling out by July 2011.

State Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said it was not a "drop-dead deadline," while Defense Secretary Robert Gates said it was "the beginning of a process".

Mr. Gates also said the whereabouts of Osama Bin Laden were unknown.

They said it had been "years" since the U.S. last had any good intelligence about his movements.Read Morehttp://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8398067.stm

Obama Team Rejects Criticism Of Afghan Exit Timing