Defense Secretary Robert Gates

Mitt Romney Recasts Himself as a Neocon

The Morningside Post | Posted 12.12.2011

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The Morningside Post

Any potential Romney administration would be heavy on defense spending, to the delight of neocons, but this would run counter to the current climate on Capitol Hill of cuts and more cuts.

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David Wood

War Aways Unpopular, Gates Says, But 'We're on Path to Success' in Afghanistan

HuffingtonPost.com | David Wood | Posted 08.16.2011

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WASHINGTON -- In late 2006, then defense secretary nominee Robert Gates was asked if he thought the United States was winning. In what was one of hi...

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Made in America: Gates' NATO Slam Is About Selling Death & Destruction, Our Top Export

Brian Ross | Posted 08.14.2011

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Brian Ross

NATO was the Obama Administration's answer to a long call by social liberals and fiscal libertarians to make the other countries of the world step-up to these moral imperatives and pay a bigger part of the way. It has been a spectacular failure.

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Senate Panel Approves Leon Panetta As Next Defense Secretary

AP | Posted 08.14.2011

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WASHINGTON — The Senate Armed Services Committee has approved Leon Panetta to be the nation's next Pentagon chief. The panel unanimously approv...

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David Wood

On Tap To Replace Gates at Pentagon, Panetta sounds like.. Gates

HuffingtonPost.com | David Wood | Posted 08.09.2011

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Robert Gates is due to retire as defense secretary in three weeks, but his named successor, CIA Director Leon E. Panetta, said Thursday he plans to co...

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Robert Gates: No Opt-Out For Opponents Of Gays In The Military

Posted 08.05.2011

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FORWARD OPERATING BASE DWYER, Afghanistan –- Defense Secretary Robert Gates bluntly told Marines on Sunday that they won't be able to opt out of...

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Inside Obama's Decision To Shake Up His National Security Team

AP | By ROBERT BURNS | Posted 08.01.2011

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ABOARD A U.S. MILITARY PLANE OVER THE PACIFIC (AP) -- U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates says the reshaping of much of President Barack Obama's natio...

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David Wood

Pentagon To Bin Laden Raid Leakers: Shut Up

HuffingtonPost.com | David Wood | Posted 07.18.2011

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Gossip and unauthorized leaks from U.S. officials, politicians and retired military officers about the highly classified raid to kill Osama bin Laden ...

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'One Of The Most Courageous Calls I've Ever Seen A President Make'

Posted 07.15.2011

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Defense Secretary Robert Gates has told 60 Minutes that President Obama's decision to launch a raid against Osama Bin Laden's compound with ground tro...

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Amanda Terkel

Will U.S. Withdrawal From Iraq Be Delayed?

HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda Terkel | Posted 07.11.2011

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WASHINGTON -- The Obama administration is evaluating whether to keep troops in Iraq beyond the planned withdrawal date, a decision that would extend a...

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Amanda Terkel

Member Of John Boehner's 'Kitchen Cabinet' Of Economists Supports Afghan Withdrawal

HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda Terkel | Posted 06.11.2011

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WASHINGTON -- As Congress looks at all sorts of discretionary non-defense projects to cut to reduce the deficit, a core member of House Speaker John B...

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Gates Arrives In Saudi Arabia To Meet King

AP | By ROBERT BURNS | Posted 06.06.2011

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RIYADH, Saudi Arabia -- Defense Secretary Robert Gates arrived in the Saudi capital Wednesday for talks with King Abdullah on coping with the politica...

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Defense Secretary Robert Gates Opposed To U.S. Arming Libya Rebels

AP/The Huffington Post | By DONNA CASSATA and LOLITA C. BALDOR | Posted 05.31.2011

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WASHINGTON (AP) -- The U.S. should avoid developing a closer relationship with Libyan opposition forces, defense leaders said Thursday, telling an oft...

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Old Secretaries of Defense Never Die, They Just Write Bestselling Memoirs

Tom Engelhardt | Posted 05.25.2011

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Tom Engelhardt

Robert Gates' much-hinted-at retirement now seems like the Titanic looming on the military-industrial horizon.

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Gates: U.S. Should Stay Involved In Afghanistan

AP | ROBERT BURNS | Posted 05.25.2011

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KABUL, Afghanistan — The United States is beginning to decide what its responsibilities will be in Afghanistan after U.S. combat troops leave, D...

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What's It Take for the UN to Allow a No-Fly Zone Over Libya?

Evelyn Leopold | Posted 05.25.2011

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Evelyn Leopold

Despite moving quickly to impose punitive measures, diplomats say that the only way reluctant UN Security Council members might agree to military action in Libya is if the Arab League approves.

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The Afghan War and Examining Heads

William Astore | Posted 05.25.2011

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William Astore

The future is now, Mr. Secretary. It's time to end our costly and futile wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. It's time to support our troops by bringing them home.

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Obama Administration Asks Court To Uphold 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell'

AP | LISA LEFF | Posted 05.25.2011

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SAN FRANCISCO — The Obama administration may have concluded that laws targeting gay Americans are presumably unconstitutional, but it still aske...

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Gates Warns Against Any More Wars Like Iraq Or Afghanistan

nytimes.com | THOM SHANKER | Posted 05.25.2011

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Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates bluntly told an audience of West Point cadets on Friday that it would be unwise for the United States to ever fight ...

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Congress Could Easily Save Billions

Diane Dimond | Posted 05.25.2011

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Diane Dimond

There are billions of American taxpayer dollars wasted every year in criminal fraud and abuse cases. In this era of austerity, why doesn't Congress focus on that?

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Dollars for Defense

Michael Brenner | Posted 05.25.2011

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Michael Brenner

It's obvious that our foreign policy is to navigate abroad without a strategic gyroscope and only the most primitive of compasses. There is no strategic design -- certainly not an explicit one -- that is coherently articulated.

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Gates and Mullen

Jeff Danziger | Posted 05.25.2011

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Jeff Danziger

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Amanda Terkel

Military Service Chiefs Ready To Move Forward Quickly On DADT Repeal

HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda Terkel | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON -- Although several military service chiefs expressed opposition to repealing Don't Ask, Don't Tell, President Obama has spoken to them sin...

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Amanda Terkel

WATCH: Obama Administration Responds To Low Public Support For Afghanistan War

HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda Terkel | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON -- With public support for the war in Afghanistan at a new low, top Obama administration officials on Thursday defended the United States' ...

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The Medal of Honor: An Honor Too Far?

Dorian de Wind | Posted 05.25.2011

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Dorian de Wind

Americans will feel better about themselves when all our heroes are recognized for their valor and sacrifices in a more timely, objective and equitable way.

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