
AFP - Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Tuesday that fiscal pressures on the US military’s budget will require sacrificing some missions abroad and scaling back pay and benefits.

AFP - Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Tuesday that fiscal pressures on the US military’s budget will require sacrificing some missions abroad and scaling back pay and benefits.

AFP - Defense Secretary Robert Gates on Sunday called for maintaining a powerful US military and warned against slashing its budget as a response to the country’s fiscal troubles.

AFP - US Defense Secretary Robert Gates will wrap up his near five-year tour at the Pentagon on June 30, a senior Obama administration official said Wednesday.

AFP - US Defense Secretary Robert Gates will wrap up his near five-year tour at the Pentagon on June 30, a senior Obama administration official said Wednesday.

AFP - The US military will use armed drones over Libya, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said, calling them a “modest contribution” to international coalition efforts there.

AFP - The US military will use armed drones over Libya, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Thursday, calling them a “modest contribution” to international coalition efforts there.

AFP - Pentagon chief Robert Gates has warned that major cuts to US defense spending planned by President Barack Obama would require scaling back military forces, missions and capabilities.

AFP - US Defence Secretary Robert Gates said Friday that American forces were prepared to stay in any role beyond a scheduled pullout late this year, but time was running out for Iraq to ask.