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"During President Reagan's second term, Gates and Webb
clashed as colleagues. Webb as secretary of the Navy objected to plans by Gates, then deputy national security adviser, for U.S. warships to protect oil platforms in the Persian Gulf. The hot-tempered Webb made clear his irritation with the soft-spoken Gates."
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Then-US Secretary of Defense Robert Gates countered, saying it would be 2020 or later before China possessed a combat-ready stealth fighter.
In one of his last speeches as US defense secretary, Robert Gates issued a stark warning that if European governments failed to heed the lessons of the Libya operation and invest in their armed forces, NATO faced "a dim, if not dismal future.
When former Defense Secretary Robert Gates announced last June that the US was in preliminary talks with the Taliban in Afghanistan, the idea was controversial.
By Ali Gharib on May 16, 2012 at 12:15 pm The former Secretary of Defense to the George W. Bush and Obama administrations Robert Gates said in an interview on CBS aired this morning that getting Iran to give up any potential ambitions to nuclear ...

Second, the international financial crisis will have an immense impact on NATO members' defense budgets. Third, in a speech last June, outgoing US Secretary of Defense Robert Gates revived the debate on trans-Atlantic burden-sharing and solidarity ...
Former Defense Secretary Robert Gates rattled NATO when he said the alliance risked falling apart if it continued to leave the hardest fighting and biggest bills to the United States.
By Joey Ferguson, Deseret News Defense Secretary Robert Gates speaks at the American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research in Washington, Tuesday, May 24, 2011.
London/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Defense spending cuts are putting an increasing strain on relations between the United States and its European allies in NATO, sharpening transatlantic battles over issues ranging from financing Afghan security forces to ...
The Robert Gates-Muller Family Outstanding student Award, which also includes a $5000 gift, was presented to Loveless, who graduated in December but returned to the campus to receive the award.

By ROBERT BURNS AP Facing a mysterious safety problem with the Air Force's most-prized stealth fighter, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta on Tuesday ordered new flight restrictions on the F-22 and summoned help from navy and NASA experts.
I wonder if the Pentagon is shadowboxing its orders to cut the defense budget. One of Secretary of Defense Robert Gates' last orders was to institute a bevy of reductions including a reduction in troop strength and a stabilization of the Pentagon's ...
The five readers closest to the mark get shout-outs in tomorrow's Morning Defense. Hint: Last year, there were 220 amendments submitted.
WASHINGTON - Facing a mysterious safety problem with the Air Force's most-prized stealth fighter, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta on Tuesday ordered new flight restrictions on the F-22 and summoned help from navy and NASA experts.
By Adrian Croft and David Brunnstrom | London/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Defense spending cuts are putting an increasing strain on relations between the United States and its European allies in NATO, sharpening transatlantic battles over issues ranging ...
(CBS News) "CBS This Morning" co-host Charlie Rose recently spoke with former Secretary of Defense Robert Gates. A transcript of the conversation is posted below.
(CBS News) Former Secretary of Defense Robert Gates said Wednesday he had "no doubts that the SEALs could perform the mission" that killed Osama bin Laden.
(N) 4 pm KNBC Charlie Rose Former Secretary of Defense Robert Gates. (N) 11 pm KVCR; midnight KOCE Chelsea Lately Brooklyn Decker; Fortune Feimster.
(AFP photo) President Barack Obama, center, former President George HW Bush, right, and Defense Secretary Robert Gates say goodbye to the crowd at Texas A&M University where they spoke on occasion of the 20th anniversary of the Points of Light ...
Former Secretary of Defense Robert Gates has been appointed to the board of directors of Starbucks. In fiscal year 2012, this will earn him up to $240000 in cash, or $120000 plus stock options.
These costs have nearly doubled in the past 10 years and now consume one-third of the baseline defense budget. If they continue growing, these costs will begin to divert funds from other critical national security initiatives such as training and ...
Back in 2010, Defense Secretary Robert Gates complained that his department was "awash in taskings for reports and studies.
However, China's defense industry is working hard to become capable of mass producing Chinese-made military jet engines in order to end dependence on Russia, give China maximum strategic flexibility, and begin to compete with Russian-made combat ...
Second, the international financial crisis will have an immense impact on NATO members' defence budgets. Third, in a speech last June, outgoing US Secretary of Defence Robert Gates revived the debate on transatlantic burden-sharing and solidarity ...
That includes, first of all, this distinguished Chancellor and honored alum, the fancy dressed-up man, Robert Gates. Robert Gates and I have something very unusual in common. We were born at the same hospital, Wesley Hospital in Wichita, Kansas.
For almost five years Robert Gates has been the man at the helm of the US military. He is now retiring, leaving behind an ever-growing defense budget and the new way of waging war, which saves US soldiers at the expense of foreign civilians.
Plaintiffs say EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson, Interior Department Secretary Ken Salazar, Defense Secretary Robert Gates and others have failed to confront climate change and protect the environment for future generations. The suit was filed in May of ...
US Secretary of Defense Robert Gates (2nd L) meets with Australian Defence Minister Stephen Smith (2nd R) at the NATO Defence Ministers Summit in Brussels, June 8, 2011. REUTERS/Jason Reed (BELGIUM) (Pool/AFP/Getty Images) Israel will not be attending ...
(WIBW) -- A native Kansan who served as secretary of defense under two US presidents received an honorary doctorate from Kansas State University Friday.
But its presence in military bases could grow more quickly with the recent appointment of former US Secretary of Defense Robert Gates to the Seattle-based company's board of directors. Starbucks, the world's largest coffee chain, already has strong ...
Second, the international financial crisis will have an immense impact on NATO members' defense budgets. Third, in a speech last June, outgoing US Secretary of Defense Robert Gates revived the debate on transatlantic burden-sharing and solidarity ...
-The second full day of this year's SALT Conference featured Karl Rove, deputy chief of staff to former US president George W. Bush, and a keynote speech from former US Secretary of Defense Dr Robert Gates. hedge fund industry pioneers were also ...
The former Massachusetts governor wants to increase defense spending by leaps and bounds. By one estimate, additional spending would exceed $2 trillion over the next decade.
Former Defense Secretary Robert Gates stated at the time it was a gutsy decision for President Obama to focus on getting bin Laden.
(Associated Press) President Barack Obama, center, former President George HW Bush, right, and Defense Secretary Robert Gates say goodbye to the crowd at Texas A&M University where they spoke on occasion of the 20th anniversary of the Points of Light ...
The wish list requests have been on the decline since fiscal year 2010, when then-Defense Secretary Robert Gates mandated that the services show their lists before submitting them to Congress.
by Dan De Luce | May 08, 2012 US and Chinese defense chiefs pledged to work together on cyber threats and forge a dialogue on security as both sides steered clear of a diplomatic dispute over a top Chinese dissident.
President-elect Obama opted for continuity at the Pentagon, retaining Robert Gates as Secretary of Defense. Though long a servant of Republican administrations, Gates cut his teeth at the CIA and was seen as above the partisan fray.
Napolitano assured the veteran lawmaker and war hero that she'd talked to Defense Secretary Leon Panetta and his predecessor, Robert Gates, "about the fact that we do have a comprehensive border strategy," and that it involved what "the Department of ...
Fourteen months ago, then-Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates visited Sangin to hail the "dramatic turnaround" in security brought about by the Marines, but violence has since crept upward again.
In January 2011, former US Defense Secretary Robert Gates paid an official visit to China. It was seen as a warming sign of bilateral military relations.
Coming a year after former US Defense Secretary Robert Gates' visit to China and beginning Friday amid the fourth round of the China-US Strategic and Economic Dialogue, the week-long trip offers yet another opportunity for the two heavyweights to ...
AFP PHOTO / Official White House / FILE US President Barack Obama (2nd L) and Vice President Joe Biden (L), US Secretary of Defence Robert Gates (R) and US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (2nd R) along with members of the national security team, ...
And several staffers told Morning Defense they expect this year's markup to be less contentious than in years past. But the Senate, which will start crafting its own version later this month, is likely to put forward a much less expensive bill -- one ...
Defense analysts in China and the US widely believe the visit by Liang is a reciprocation of former Defense Secretary Robert Gates' trip to China in January 2011. On the prior occasion, China allowed Gates into the headquarters of its Second Artillery, ...
By Edward Tenner US Defense Secretary Gates delivers the commencement address during the Kaiserslautern High school graduation ceremony in Kaiserslautern / Reuters.
Just days before defense contracting giant Lockheed Martin officially delivered the final stealth F-22 fighter to the US Air Force, Sen. John McCain told ABC News that the jets, which the Air Force call the future of American air dominance, ...
Starbucks Corporation (Nasdaq:SBUX) said on Wednesday that Robert M. Gates, former US Secretary of Defense and present chancellor of the College of William & Mary, was selected to the Starbucks Board of Directors.
By Robert Parry (about the author) Then-Defense Secretary Robert Gates in Situation Room on May 1, 2011, monitoring the raid that killed Osama bin Laden.
(SBUX) said Wednesday that former US Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates has been named to its 11-member board. Gates served as defense secretary from 2006 until June 2011, working under both Republican President George W. Bush and his Democratic ...
SEATTLE, May 02, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Starbucks Corporation (Nasdaq:SBUX) announced today that Robert M. Gates, former US Secretary of Defense and current chancellor of the College of William & Mary, was elected to the Starbucks Board of Directors.


 


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