WASHINGTON, Aug 3 (Reuters) - U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates met at the weekend with his top commanders in charge of the war in Afghanistan at a U.S. air base in Belgium, the Pentagon said on Monday. The meeting at Chievres Air Base was arranged to give Gates an update on a review of the war being conducted by U.S. Army General Stanley McChrystal, the top U.S. and NATO commander in Afghanistan, Pentagon press secretary Geoff Morrell said. (Reporting by Andrew Gray; Editing by Doina Chiacu)
A U.S. soldier from 2-12 Infantry, 4th Brigade holds his cigarette out the door of a hooch (living quarters) at Michigan Base in the Pesh Valley in Afghanistan's Kunar Province August ...
