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Gates: It's A "Mystery" How Long US Forces Will Be In Afghanistan

AP | LARA JAKES and ANNE GEARAN | Posted 09.14.2009 | World

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WASHINGTON — The Pentagon presented a grim portrait of the Afghanistan war Thursday, offering no assurances about how long Americans will be fig...

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Defense Secretary Gates Undergoes Surgery From Snowplow Injury

Reuters | Posted 02.23.2009 | Politics

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Defense Secretary Robert Gates underwent surgery on his arm on Friday and expects to be back at work next week, the Pentagon said. Surgeons repaired ...

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Obama Picks Defense Lobbyist For Pentagon #2

AP | RITA BEAMISH | Posted 02.09.2009 | Politics

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President-elect Barack Obama, trying to enforce strict rules on special-interest influence in his administration, butted up against what some said was...

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Seth Colter Walls

Former Defense Official: Obama Keeping Gates The "Dumbest Thing I've Ever Heard"

HuffingtonPost.com | Seth Colter Walls | Posted 12.08.2008 | Politics

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Defense Secretary Robert Gates is often mentioned as a potential Bush 43 holdover in the new Obama administration. According to most reports, Gates is...

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Gates: NATO's Survival At Stake In Afghanistan

AP | ROBERT BURNS | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

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Survival of the NATO alliance, a cornerstone of American security policy for six decades, is at stake in the debate over how the United States and Eur...

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4 Car Bombs Kill At Least 23 As Defense Secretary Gates Pays Surprise Visit To Iraq

New York Times | PAUL VON ZIELBAUER and THOM SHANKER | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

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Car bombs in Baghdad and three northern Iraqi cities killed at least 23 people and injured more than 40 others today as Defense Secretary Robert M. Ga...

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