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US Can Intercept North Korean Missiles: Pentagon

Koreatimes.co.kr | By Jung Sung-ki | Posted 03.29.2009 | World

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The United States has successfully intercepted missiles flying from North Korea three times in virtual scenarios testing its ballistic missile defense...

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No Gays, Please, We're Americans

Aubrey Sarvis | Posted 03.21.2009 | Politics

Read More: Iraq War, Pentagon, Defense Secretary Robert Gates, Economic Crisis, New York Times, Admiral Mike Mullen, Obama, Immigration, Immigrants, US Army, Military Recruiting, Video Games, Defense Department, Afghanistan War, Politics News
Aubrey Sarvis

I marvel at the contortions our government goes through to avoid welcoming gays and lesbians openly into the armed services, whether they be skilled, highly skilled, or not skilled at all.

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NATO Mired In Stalemate With Afghanistan's Taliban

Times Online | Michael Evans, Defence Editor, Tom Coghlan in Kabul and James Bone in New York | Posted 03.13.2009 | World

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Britain and her Nato allies in Afghanistan are stuck in a stalemate with the Taleban, David Miliband, the Foreign Secretary, admitted yesterday. Hi...

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McCain Drops Objections To Lynn Appointment

AP | ANNE FLAHERTY | Posted 03.05.2009 | Politics

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WASHINGTON — Sen. John McCain will no longer hold up the nomination of William Lynn, whose appointment to become deputy defense secretary ran co...

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US Unlikely To Request More NATO Troops

McClatchy Washington Bureau | Jonathan S. Landay and Nancy A. Youssef | Posted 03.01.2009 | World

Read More: Taliban Insurgency, Nato, Defense Secretary Robert Gates, President Barack Obama, Isaf, Afghanistan, Afghanistan Compact, War in Afghanistan, International Security Assistance Force, World News

With America's allies likely to rebuff requests to send more combat troops to Afghanistan, many Pentagon officials want President Barack Obama to alte...

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Why Robert Gates Is Key To Obama's Success: MSNBC

MSNBC | Tom Curry | Posted 02.27.2009 | Politics

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Even as President Barack Obama visited the Capitol Tuesday to lobby Republicans to support his stimulus plan, the most prominent Republican appointee ...

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Gates: Pakistan Missile Strikes To Continue

AP | LARA JAKES | Posted 02.27.2009 | Politics

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WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama is retaining a powerful but controversial weapon left over from the Bush administration's war on terror: Pre...

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US pays $40,000 after 15 Afghans die in raid

AP | JASON STRAZIUSO | Posted 02.27.2009 | World

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TAGAB VALLEY, Afghanistan — U.S. commanders on Tuesday traveled to a poor Afghan village and distributed $40,000 to relatives of 15 people kille...

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Gates: Ethics Rules May Be Doing Harm

Tribune | Posted 02.27.2009 | Politics

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In his testimony before the Senate Armed Service Committee, Defense Secretary Bob Gates certainly didn't talk specifics about the controversial nomina...

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Gates: Afghan War Is America's "Greatest Military Challenge"

AP | ANNE GEARAN | Posted 02.27.2009 | World

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WASHINGTON — Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Tuesday "we are lost" unless the United States can find a way not to kill so many civilians in ...

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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 To Meet With War Council On First Full Day

AP | ROBERT BURNS | Posted 02.20.2009 | Politics

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WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama's promise to end the war in Iraq will be on the agenda Wednesday when the new commander in chief meets with ...

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Gates Named Bush Successor In The Case Of Inauguration Day Disaster

CBS | Posted 02.19.2009 | Politics

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If the unthinkable happens on Inauguration Day, Robert Gates, the defense secretary, will be available to assume the reigns of government. "In order...

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Change Out at Defense

Zoë Baird and Alec Gewirtz | Posted 01.15.2009 | Politics

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Zoë Baird and Alec Gewirtz

In a sport Obama loves, there is an analogy which captures the changes needed at the Department of Defense. For DOD to equip itself for 21st century threats it needs to learn to be both the big man and the point guard.

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A Progressive Case for Gates

Max Bergmann | Posted 01.01.2009 | Politics

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Max Bergmann

In keeping Gates, Obama is actually indicating that he is very serious about instituting significant reform of the Pentagon.

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Robert Gates: Obama's Defense Secretary

Huffington Post | Posted 12.23.2008 | Politics

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***Check back for updates. For the latest on President-elect Barack Obama's cabinet picks, check out HuffPost's Obama Cabinet Big News Page*** ***U...

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Obama Wants 'Team Of Rivals' Cabinet, May Keep Bush's Defense Secretary

Time | Posted 06.27.2008 | Politics

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Barack Obama has never been shy about comparing himself to Abraham Lincoln. He did so when he announced his candidacy at the Illinois state capitol, w...

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Pentagon Chief Breaks Right Arm

AP | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

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WASHINGTON — Defense Secretary Robert Gates fractured his right arm in a fall on an icy step at his home in Washington, D.C., and was treated We...

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Pentagon Wants 3,000 More Troops For Afghanistan

New York Times | THOM SHANKER | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

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Senior military officers will soon propose deploying about 3,000 additional American troops to Afghanistan, where the NATO-led security and stabilizat...

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Defense Secretary Gates Urges Gulf Nations To Counter Iran

AP | LOLITA C. BALDOR | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

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Defense Secretary Robert Gates planned to tell Gulf countries Saturday they must work together to help the U.S. counter Iranian threats, including Teh...

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Iraq Parliament Takes Another Month Off

AP | KIM GAMEL | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

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Iraqi legislators suspended parliamentary sessions Thursday for the rest of the month to mark the Muslim religious season -- the end of much-delayed e...

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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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