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Still the top u.s. general there says all signs point to iraq successfully forming a new government within a matter of months. defense defense secretary robert gates is now in afghanistan. he is there to meet with military leaders to check on the recent offensive there and to talk about another operation that is said to be now in the works. the secretary's visit comes amid reports that new gun battles in northeast afghanistan have happened between the taliban and rival militants. we're told the taliban took control of several remote villages after several dozen of their rivals surrendered to g...

At this point? >> he said that they are done with declare -- the -- with the clearing phase and now it's a matter of holding the territory to allow the afghan infrastructure to come in, the local government to get in place, to provide services to the people, to show the people that this promise of a better life of getting rid of the taliban is going to be reality, so when he talked about marines and afghan troops staying for months, the idea is giving that fledgling government a chance to get up and get operating for the people, jane. jane: mike emanuel at the pentagon, thanks. jon? jon: the t...

The weapons hit a compound and vehicle in an al-qaeda and taliban stronghoe m. there is no word yet on who was killed. marine spokesman says today was the first day since the start of the offensive in southern california that featured no gun battles if marjah. white house correspondent mike emanuel is tracking developments in the pentagon. n >> reporter: gegood evening. senior official says 112 days in the offensive in mar guh prs they say the nato forces expect to be involved in the clearing phase of the operation for several weeks. the focus is separating the population from the innocent aft...

Pushing the taliban away, at the same time it's not going as fast as many in nato would have hoped for. >> atia, not going as fast but they are making a bit of a foothold. last how were hour you were telling us about how the u.s. marines set up a forward operating base in marjah? >> reporter: exactly. right now i'm actually standing on the ground where the u.s. marines are right now building a forward operating base to show that their presence will linger in the city of marjah. this is a symbol to the civilians when they come back to see that the marines and the afghan soldiers will stay, they...