
AFP - US Defence Secretary Robert Gates on Tuesday said Washington was open to keeping troops in Iraq beyond a 2011 deadline, but it was up to Baghdad to make a request.

AFP - US Defence Secretary Robert Gates on Tuesday said Washington was open to keeping troops in Iraq beyond a 2011 deadline, but it was up to Baghdad to make a request.

AP - Defense Secretary Robert Gates is encouraging Congress to act before year’s end to repeal the ban on gays serving openly in the military. It’s a position shared by his boss, the president.
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AFP - Defense Secretary Robert Gates said he foresaw a day when the military would lift its ban on women serving in elite special forces.

AFP - Defense Secretary Robert Gates warned on Wednesday that the all-volunteer US military could become alienated from the rest of society, with recruits and bases concentrated in more rural, conservative areas.

AFP - Defense Secretary Robert Gates said he foresaw a day when the military would lift its ban on women serving in elite special forces.

AFP - Defense Secretary Robert Gates warned on Wednesday that the all-volunteer US military could become alienated from the rest of society, with recruits and bases concentrated in more rural, conservative areas.