Nov 20

Pentagon orders review after Fort Hood rampage: Gates 
    (AFP)

AFP – US Defense Secretary Robert Gates on Thursday announced a major review of the Fort Hood shootings to examine if the military had missed warning signs or remained “vulnerable” to similar assaults. Read the rest of this entry »

Nov 19

Pentagon orders review after Fort Hood rampage: Gates 
    (AFP)

AFP – US Defense Secretary Robert Gates on Thursday announced a major review of the Fort Hood shootings to examine if the military had missed warning signs or remained “vulnerable” to similar assaults. Read the rest of this entry »

Nov 19

Gates names West, Clark to lead Fort Hood review 
    (AP)

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Nov 13

Pentagon to focus on IED threat in Afghanistan: Gates 
    (AFP)

AFP – Defense Secretary Robert Gates on Thursday vowed to launch a sweeping effort to tackle the growing threat posed by homemade bombs in Afghanistan, the number one killer of US and NATO troops. Read the rest of this entry »

Nov 9

Gates to meet victims' families at US Army base 
    (AFP)

AFP – US Defense Secretary Robert Gates will travel to Texas on Monday to meet with families of those killed in a shooting rampage at the Fort Hood military base, his press secretary said. Read the rest of this entry »

Oct 26

Gates: injured troops face too much bureaucracy 
    (AP)

AP – Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Monday that troops injured in combat in Iraq and Afghanistan continue to face too many bureaucratic hurdles. Read the rest of this entry »

Oct 21

US troop move may come without Afghan 'legitimacy': Gates 
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Oct 21

Gates presses Japan to

AFP – US Defence Secretary Robert Gates on Wednesday pressed Japan to quickly “move on” with a plan to relocate a controversial US military base to a new area of southern Okinawa island. Read the rest of this entry »

Oct 20

US troop move may come without Afghan 'legitimacy': Gates 
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Oct 5

Gates: Military to adhere to Obama's decision 
    (AP)

AP – Despite the fierce policy divide inside the White House over Afghanistan, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Monday that the military will fall in line with whatever President Barack Obama decides. Read the rest of this entry »

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