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U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates looking stern
Pakistan: Washington Opens the Door for Overt Operations
January 25, 2008 2207 GMT
U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Jan. 24 that the United States is "ready, willing and able" to conduct joint counterjihadist combat operations with Pakistani troops in northwestern Pakistan if Islamabad agrees to such an arrangement.

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