Continuation of Attacks on Pakistan
"President Obama has made it clear that the Afghanistan theatre should be our top overseas military priority," Mr Gates told the Senate Armed Services Committee.
At his first hearing since President Obama took over last week, the defence secretary was also questioned about future policy on al-Qaeda, the militant network which claimed responsibility for the 9/11 attacks on America.
US would "go after al-Qaeda wherever al-Qaeda is", and confirmed that the government of Pakistan had been informed of that intention.
US drones fired missiles into Pakistan's north-western regions of North and South Waziristan on Friday, killing at least 14 people, according to intelligence officials and residents.
It was the first such attack on the area, a stronghold of al-Qaeda and Taleban militants, since George W Bush left office.
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