Topic: Robert Gates
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Former Defense Secretary Robert Gates will pen two forthcoming books -- firstly a memoir expected to be released in 2013 and another about his philosophy on leadership, his publisher said on Tuesday.Gates, 67, departed as Pentagon chief in ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Cuts in defense spending as part of President Barack Obama's bid to trim the $1.4 trillion U.S. budget deficit could hurt the economy or imperil security unless undertaken as part of a careful review of military needs, an industry ...
President Barack Obama on Wednesday said he believes 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' repeal certification is weeks awayPresident Barack Obama on Wednesday said he believes “Don't Ask, Don't Tell” repeal certification is weeks, not months, away. Congress approved and Obama signed into law ...
US President Barack Obama hailed retiring Defense Secretary Robert Gates Thursday as a "humble" patriot whose bipartisan civility should serve as an example to Washington's feuding politicians.Obama, locked in an acrimonious battle with his Republican foes over raising the government's debt limit, ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama awarded retiring Secretary of Defense Robert Gates the Presidential Medal of Freedom at a farewell ceremony on Thursday morning."A humble American patriot; a man of common sense and decency; quite simply, one of our nation's finest ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Military spending is not the cause of the $1.4 trillion U.S. budget deficit, and even a "disastrous" 10 percent cut would only reduce the budget shortfall by some $50 billion -- about 4 percent, Defense Secretary Robert Gates says.Gates, ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Robert Gates, in his final interview as defense secretary, grew quiet as he tried to articulate the heavy toll his job took on him over the past four and a half years -- every day of them during wartime.Gates ...
European members of NATO need to pool their defense funds to bolster their declining military power, US Defense Secretary Robert Gates says.The Libya air war has exposed serious shortcomings among NATO allies and European governments will have to agree on joint defense ...
Flagging American public support for the war was a key factor in deciding to bring all 33,000 US surge troops home from Afghanistan by the end of next summer, Defense Secretary Robert Gates told AFP Thursday.The outgoing Pentagon chief acknowledged that the ...
California Representative Duncan Hunter is leading an effort to delay certification of 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' repealCalifornia Representative Duncan Hunter is leading an effort to delay implementation of repeal of “Don't Ask, Don't Tell,” the 1993 law that bars gay and bisexual ...
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Robert Gates Interview: Charter Day 2012
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Robert Gates: The soldiers' secretary
Secretary of Defense Robert Gates in his first interview since ...2011-05-15
