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07 3rd, 2011|
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.
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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.
Jun
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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.
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AFP - European members of NATO need to pool their defense funds to bolster their declining military power, US Defense Secretary Robert Gates says.
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AFP - European members of NATO need to pool their defense funds to bolster their declining military power, US Defense Secretary Robert Gates says.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.