KABUL (Reuters) - U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates arrived in Afghanistan on Tuesday, saying he would press President Hamid Karzai to appoint "honest" ministers but playing down the need for a wholesale government shakeup.
In Washington, the Pentagon announced orders for 16,000 troops to deploy, the first wave of 30,000 new reinforcements ordered last week by President Barack Obama. The orders will nearly double the U.S. Marine contingent in the south.
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