In this task, you will be given a sentence in the Indonesian language(Bahasa variant). Your job is to convert it into the English language.
Q: Menteri Gates juga mengatakan bahwa durasi peningkatan pasukan tidak jelas dan mengevaluasi apakah strategi baru pemerintah yang sedang berjalan harus menunggu sampai pertengahan-musim panas.
A: 
Sec. Gates also said that the duration of the troop increase is not clear and that evaluating whether the Administration's new strategy was working will have to wait till mid-summer.