ENG - Robert Michael Gates (born September 25, 1943) is currently serving as the 22nd United States Secretary of Defense. He took office on December 18, 2006. Prior to this, Gates served for 26 years in the Central Intelligence Agency and the National Security Council, and under President George H. W. Bush as Director of Central Intelligence. Before he joined the CIA, he served with the United States Air Force (USAF). After leaving the CIA, Gates became president of Texas A&M University and was a member of several corporate boards. Gates also served as a member of the Iraq Study Group, the bipartisan commission co-chaired by James A. Baker III and Lee Hamilton, that has studied the Iraq War. He was also the first pick to serve as Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security when it ...
Defense Secretary Robert Gates announced on Wednesday that the Army is effectively halting “stop loss,” saying the practice was “breaking faith” with the troops. The Army Reserve will suspend the practice of ordering soldiers to stay in the military service beyond their obligation in August. The Army National Guard will follow suit in September, and the Army in January. Troops who were forced to stay beyond their obligation after October 2008 will receive an additional $500 monthly salary, Gates said. More than 13,000 soldiers are serving under the stop-loss program, up ...
laroco - im Votum Robert Gates Defense Secretary Robert Gates downplays US failure to capture al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden seven years after the 9/11 terror attacks. Gates fended off a question on how long it might really take to find Osama, recalling the FBI's 17-year hunt for convicted Unabomber Theodore Kaczynski as a reasonable guide. Speaking to reporters at the Pentagon on Wednesday, Gates dismissed criticisms casting doubt over the efficiency of the US-led invasion while bin Laden and his top aide Ayman al-Zawahri remain at large.
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Gates drew an analogy between bin Laden's hide-out and the mountain cabin in ...
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Robert Gates will sit out Barack Obama's inauguration at an undisclosed location as the "designated successor" in the event of a catastrophe.
