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Robert Gates
Gates blasts NATO, questions future of allianceROBERT BURNS My Way News 06/10/2011 | Obama sending Panetta to Pentagon, Petraeus to CIAANNE GEARAN and KIMBERLY DOZIER WTOP 04/27/2011 |
 America's military alliance with Europe - the cornerstone of U.S. security policy for six decades - faces a "dim, if not dismal" future, U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Friday in a blunt valedictory address. |  President Barack Obama plans to name CIA Director Leon Panetta as the next secretary of defense and move Gen. David Petraeus, now running the war in Afghanistan, into the CIA chief's job in a major shuffle of the U.S. national security leadership, senior administration officials and other sources said Wednesday. |
Gates: U.S. troops could stay in Iraq for yearsKevin Baron Stars and Stripes 04/08/2011 | US Defense Secretary tries to soothe Saudis rattled by unrestROBERT BURNS AP 04/06/2011 |
 Defense Secretary Robert Gates said U.S. troops could remain in Iraq for years to come. It would depend, he said, on what the Iraqis want and what Washington is willing to give. |  Defense Secretary Robert Gates tried to smooth the worst rift in years with Arab ally and oil producer Saudi Arabia on Wednesday, reassuring the Saudi king that the U.S. remains a steady friend despite support for pro-democracy revolutions in the Middle East. |
US Defense Secretary Warns of North Korea Missile Threat to U.S.ELISABETH BUMILLER and DAVID E. SANGER The New York Times 01/11/2011 | |
 Secretary of Defense Robert Gates said that Libya did not pose a threat to the United States before the U.S. began its military campaign against the North African country. |  Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates warned Tuesday that North Korea was within five years of being able to strike the continental United States with an intercontinental ballistic missile, and said that, combined with its expanding nuclear program, the country “is becoming a direct threat to the United States.” |
Gates: US open to request from Iraq to stay AP 11/09/2010 | U.S. Alarmed by Harsh Tone of China’s MilitaryMICHAEL WINES The New York Times 10/11/2010 |
 The United States is open to the idea of keeping troops in Iraq past a deadline to leave next year if Iraq asks for it, U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Tuesday. |  Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates met his Chinese counterpart, Liang Guanglie, in Vietnam on Monday for the first time since the two militaries suspended talks with each other last winter, calling for the two countries to prevent “mistrust, miscalculations and mistakes.” |
Virginia Lawmakers Blast Gates Plan to Cut Major Military Command FOX News 08/09/2010 | Pentagon tightens media rules for militaryANNE GEARAN Yahoo! News 07/04/2010 |
 Defense Secretary Robert Gates on Monday announced a plan to shed a major military command in Virginia as part of his effort to strip billions from the Pentagon budget, drawing heated objections from state lawmakers who call the center essential. |  Military officials will need Pentagon clearance for interviews and other dealings with reporters, according to an order from Defense Secretary Robert Gates not long after the top general in Afghanistan was fired for his comments in a magazine article. |
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