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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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Obama's Nuclear War: At Odds With Gates

Time | Posted 02.27.2009 | Politics

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The latest U.S. nuclear showdown doesn't involve any foreign enemy. Instead, it pits President Barack Obama against his Defense Secretary, Robert Gate...

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President Bush and the Flying Shoes: A Cautionary Tale

Robert Scheer | Posted 01.16.2009 | Politics

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That an Iraqi journalist, whose family had been victimized by Saddam Hussein, came to so loathe the American president should serve as the final grade on the Bush administration.

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Gates Warns Foreign Powers Against "Testing" Obama

New York Times | ELISABETH BUMILLER | Posted 01.13.2009 | Politics

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Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates warned Saturday that foreign powers should not try to "test" President-elect Barack Obama with a crisis in his first...

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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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Bush Appointees Gates, Mullen, Bernanke Likely To Stay On Under Obama

Washington Post | Posted 12.11.2008 | Politics

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As President-elect Barack Obama prepares to fill top positions for his incoming government, he faces a stubborn reality: Some of the key individuals h...

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Obama on the Brink

Robert Scheer | Posted 07.31.2008 | Politics

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Both candidates are embracing, rather than challenging, the fundamental irrationality of Bush's "war on terror," which substitutes hysteria for rational analysis in appraising the dangers the country faces.

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