Jul 3

Obama hails retiring Gates, the 'humble' patriot 
    (AFP)

AFP – US President Barack Obama hailed retiring Defense Secretary Robert Gates Thursday as an honest, humble man who loved his troops and had one of the best tenures of any civilian Pentagon chief. Read the rest of this entry »

Jun 30

Obama hails retiring Gates, the 'humble' patriot 
    (AFP)

AFP – US President Barack Obama hailed retiring Defense Secretary Robert Gates Thursday as an honest, humble man who loved his troops and had one of the best tenures of any civilian Pentagon chief. Read the rest of this entry »

Jun 30

Obama says Gates a bipartisan model of 'civility' 
    (AFP)

AFP – 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. Read the rest of this entry »

Jun 30

NATO allies must pool funds or face decline: Gates 
    (AFP)

AFP – European members of NATO need to pool their defense funds to bolster their declining military power, US Defense Secretary Robert Gates says. Read the rest of this entry »

Jun 27

NATO allies must pool funds or face decline: Gates 
    (AFP)

AFP – European members of NATO need to pool their defense funds to bolster their declining military power, US Defense Secretary Robert Gates says. Read the rest of this entry »

Jun 23

Next Pentagon chief will formally end gay ban: Gates 
    (AFP)

AFP – A formal end to the ban on gays serving openly in the US military will likely come by late July or early August, outgoing Defense Secretary Robert Gates told AFP on Thursday. Read the rest of this entry »

Jun 16

Gates: NATO spending decline 'serious problem' 
    (AFP)

AFP – The decline in defense spending by NATO-member countries is a “serious problem” that could eventually force the United States to move away from the alliance, US Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Wednesday. Read the rest of this entry »

Jun 6

Gates denies US general punished for dissent 
    (AFP)

AFP – Defense Secretary Robert Gates denied on Thursday that a US general was passed over for the military’s top job due to his dissent over Afghan war strategy. Read the rest of this entry »

Jun 2

Gates denies US general punished for dissent 
    (AFP)

AFP – Defense Secretary Robert Gates denied on Thursday that a US general was passed over for the military’s top job due to his dissent over Afghan war strategy. Read the rest of this entry »

May 25

US hopes Iraq will ask troops to stay: Gates 
    (AFP)

AFP – Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Tuesday he hopes Iraqi leaders will ask US troops to stay in their country beyond a year-end deadline but acknowledged the United States was unpopular there. Read the rest of this entry »

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