RiceHadleyGates Consulting Firm Has Ex-Bush Officials Robert Gates, Condoleezza Rice & Stephen Hadley Joining Forces

WASHINGTON -- Former Defense Secretary Robert Gates is going into business with two other top officials from the George W. Bush administration.

Gates will join an international consulting firm headed by former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and former White House national security adviser Stephen Hadley.

Gates left his Pentagon job last year. He was the only senior member of the Bush administration who stayed on to work for Democratic President Barack Obama. Gates has described himself as a Republican.

When he left, Gates said he wanted to write books and relax at his home in Washington state.

The new firm, to be called RiceHadleyGates, is based in California and Washington, D.C.

An announcement was expected later Wednesday.

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Comments

[Brian A Benkle]

03:39 PM on 04/26/2012

"Reunited because it feels so good"

[mataylor16]

01:32 PM on 04/26/2012

To whoever claims crime doesnt pay......Exhibit A.

[KalNJ]

10:40 AM on 04/26/2012

Consulting?

Let's call a spade a spade, they opened firm that has access to top level administration officials in order to push their clients' agenda, all the while handing over a large "donations" check.

Unlike the prostitutes who work in hotel lobbies, these "lobbyists" do not have the honor, integrity or honesty of those ladies.

[Iraq War Victims]

12:55 AM on 04/26/2012

There is so much blood on these peoples' hands already. How much more is going to be shed?

[madHenry]

12:31 AM on 04/26/2012

Will be interesting to see what is issued above Gates's signature. The rest? meh.

[phaps]

12:01 AM on 04/26/2012

This reminds me of the law firm "Dowe, Cheatem, and How" which was made famous by the Three Stooges.

[Scurvydog74]

11:44 PM on 04/25/2012

So if you need any tips on how to get a multi-billion dollar, no-bid, insider government contract you should consult with these former Bush Leaguers. My guess is they are forming this alliance to help Mitt sell the post office to the lowest bidder, should he get elected president.

[7thcavman]

11:35 PM on 04/25/2012

I checked out their new website: ScrewHumanity.org, they are right on message.

[Carmen Madonna Campos]

11:28 PM on 04/25/2012

and now so we descend into the 4th circle of hell: greed.
"… I saw multitudes
to every side of me; their howls were loud
while, wheeling weights, they used their chests to push.
They struck against each other; at that point,
each turned around and, wheeling back those weights,
cried out: Why do you hoard? Why do you squander?' "

[mitsecl]

11:27 PM on 04/25/2012

what is it called W&C???

W A R C R I M I N A L S

[PrimoPablo]

11:23 PM on 04/25/2012

Let's all get in a room and consult. Man, we just love to consult. Consult consult consult.

[honested]

11:19 PM on 04/25/2012

Are there that many clients who need consultation on things like:
Starting unjustified wars?
Wrecking the world economy?
Proving that supply side is a total failure?

What else have these clowns shown aptitude for?

[xargaw]

11:19 PM on 04/25/2012

I sort of thought Gates was better than this. Guess you can't underestimate a good ol boy from Texas.

[peacenique]

10:42 PM on 04/25/2012

I hope that the cute black chic composes a song on her piano for their first commercial... Oh yeah, this industry does not have a need to or a want to advertise.

[nurseattorney]

10:38 PM on 04/25/2012

Now that Cheney has new heart, he'll be good for another 100,000 miles. I'm sure he can bring in a lot of clients, and he for sure knows where the bodies are buried.

[honested]

11:20 PM on 04/25/2012

Especially the poor Klingon who is missing a heart.

[ncal]

01:15 AM on 04/26/2012

lol

[Iraq War Victims]

01:00 AM on 04/26/2012

Wish my nephew could have gotten a new heart after his was hit with a RPG in Iraq. The fact that he has been dead for 8 years while Cheney is still alive is proof that there is no justice in this rotten world any more.

[nurseattorney]

11:58 AM on 04/26/2012

I'd like to believe in karma, but its situations like you describe that make me doubt it. Cheney is alive and prospering and your nephew and others like him forever gone or horribly wounded in the war that Cheney engineered for his own benefit.