Robert Gates

Creating Terrorism

Sen. Fritz Hollings | Posted 11.30.2009 | Politics

Read More: Stanley McChrystal, Admiral Mike Mullen, Ted Stevens, Joe Biden, Robert Gates, Afghanistan War, Afghanistan, Politics News

In the Muslim world, more important than freedom and democracy is tribe and religion. We are not going to teach warlords to like democracy and grow wheat instead of poppies.

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U.S. Seeking Tougher Sanctions Against Iran

The New York Times | MARK LANDLER | Posted 11.27.2009 | World

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The Obama administration is scrambling to assemble a package of harsher economic sanctions against Iran over its nuclear program that could include a ...

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Gates: Gitmo Deadline Was Smart Politics, But Won't Be Met (VIDEO)

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 11.27.2009 | Politics

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Defense Secretary Robert Gates acknowledged on Sunday that the Obama administration's efforts to close the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay would ...

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Gates To Ahmadinejad: "Not A Chance" We'll Apologize

ABC News | George Stephanopoulos | Posted 11.25.2009 | World

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President Ahmadinejad demanded an apology from the US for accusing Iran of violating international law with the secret uranium enrichment site discove...

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Poll: Support For Afghan War At All-Time Low

CNN Politics | Paul Steinhauser | Posted 11.15.2009 | Politics

Read More: Polls, Geoff Morrell, US Military, Robert Gates, American Public, Pakistan, President Obama, 9/11, Afghanistan War, Al Qaeda, Politics News

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Support for the war in Afghanistan is at an all-time low, according to a new national poll. A CNN/Opinion Research Corp. survey r...

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More Troops to Afghanistan?

Richard A. Clarke | Posted 11.11.2009 | World

Read More: Obama Afghanistan, Robert Gates, Afghanistan, Stanley McChrystal, Joe Biden, Jim Jones, Afghanistan Troop Levels, Afghan Election, Afghanistan War, US Troop Levels, Troops for Afghanistan, World News

Afghanistan is not a numbers game. The issue is whether we are pursuing a strategy that defines our goals and tailors our means to them.

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Will More U.S. Troops Strengthen the Taliban?

Nathan Gardels | Posted 11.09.2009 | World

Read More: Afghanistan Election, Robert Gates, Afghanistan, Afghanistan War, World News

With another surge of troops in Afghanistan, won't America and its NATO allies come to be seen just as the Afghans saw the Soviets?

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Gates: Victory In Iraq And Afghan Wars Challenge But Achievable (VIDEO)

Al Jazeera | Posted 11.08.2009 | World

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In a wide-ranging interview with Al Jazeera's Abderrahim Foukara, Gates spoke about the US strategy for peace in Afghanistan facing a "war of necessit...

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Winners Lose

Robert Koehler | Posted 10.20.2009 | Politics

Read More: Stanley McChrystal, Militarism, Robert Draper, Robert Gates, New-Paradigm, Losing, Winning, Afghanistan War, Politics News

The situation in Afghanistan is serious. We're getting "out-governed" by an enemy so ruthless it's bringing services to a desperate people ignored by ...

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Gates: It's Not Time To Leave Afghanistan

AP | LARA JAKES and PAULINE JELINEK | Posted 10.19.2009 | World

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WASHINGTON — Facing eroding public support for the war in Afghanistan, the Pentagon chief said Thursday that the Obama administration's effort i...

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Gates And Mullen Counter Afghanistan Frustration

The Hill | Roxana Tiron | Posted 10.19.2009 | Politics

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Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said Thursday that the U.S. forces must work to "turn around" the security situation in Afgha...

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Rice Advances the Obama Doctrine

Joe Cirincione | Posted 09.14.2009 | Politics

Read More: Unilateralism, Susan Rice, Robert Gates, Nuclear Weapons, Janet Napolitano, United Nations, President Obama, John Brennan, Hillary Clinton, UN Security Council, Nuclear Terrorism, 21st Century, Jim Jones, Multilateralism, Politics News

The Obama Doctrine isn't naïve liberal internationalism. On the contrary, as Susan Rice explains, respect for multilateral institutions strengthens America's ability to protect and pursue its own interests.

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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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Obama's Big Mideast Push

Eric Margolis | Posted 09.07.2009 | World

Read More: Palestine, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Iran, Robert Gates, Israel, Middle East, Iran Nuclear Weapons, World News

Some of the administration's biggest guns have been sent to the Mideast in an all-out effort to get America's squabbling allies and clients to accept a comprehensive regional peace deal.

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Obama's Afghan Benchmarks Still AWOL

The New York Times | Posted 09.07.2009 | Politics

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As the American military comes to full strength in the Afghan buildup, the Obama administration is struggling to come up with a long-promised plan to ...

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Feingold To Oppose Afghan War Troop Increase

Washington Independent | Posted 09.05.2009 | World

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If Gen. Stanley McChrystal proposes, as expected, an increase in U.S. troops for the Afghanistan war, Sen. Russ Feingold (D-Wis.) is "likely to oppose...

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Cash for Nuclear Clunkers

Joe Cirincione | Posted 09.03.2009 | Politics

Read More: Nuclear Disarmament, Russia, Nonproliferation, Nuclear Weapons, Robert Gates, National Security, Joint Chiefs of Staff, Cash for Clunkers, Start Treaty, Defense Spending, Nuclear Terrorism, Air Force, Barack Obama, Dmitry Medvedev, Politics News

If Secretary Gates is looking to save money and make us safer, there is no better place to start than by eliminating the security liabilities we promote in our arsenal of nuclear clunkers.

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The Cheers! That Changed The World

Julie Farby | Posted 08.31.2009 | Politics

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Now, not only is it possible to have a black man as president of America, it's also possible to get arrested before getting wasted.

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Weekly Foreign Affairs Roundup

Christopher Herbert and Victoria Kataoka | Posted 08.31.2009 | World

Read More: India, Venezuela, Israeli Settlements, Foreign Affairs, Nigeria, Spain, Iran, Barack Obama, Jim Jones, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, George MItchell, Robert Gates, Spain ETA, Honduras, Kurdistan, Farc, Israel, Advocacy, World News

This Week's Top Stories in Foreign Affairs: Push for Peace in Israel SI Analysis: The Obama administration is making a concerted effort to restart pe...

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Extending Bridge Hours A Bittersweet Victory

Daoud Kuttab | Posted 08.31.2009 | World

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As the only crossing point allowed for the 2.5 million Palestinians of the West Bank and their visiting relatives, the bridge has become a focal point of anguish.

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As Judge Orders Release of Tortured Guantanamo Prisoner, Government Refuses to Concede Defeat

Andy Worthington | Posted 08.31.2009 | World

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I still have no firm idea why Obama and Holder have allowed the Justice Department to pursue unjustifiable and unwinnable habeas cases, resulting in humiliation after humiliation.

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If It Squeals Like Pork...

Rick Horowitz | Posted 08.30.2009 | Politics

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You can always use an extra transport plane -- that's the way I figured it. I knew just where to find one, too. I called Congress.

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U.S. Advisor's Memo On Iraq: Time To "Go Home"

The New York Times | Posted 08.30.2009 | World

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A senior American military adviser in Baghdad has concluded in an unusually blunt memo that the Iraqi forces suffer from deeply entrenched deficiencie...

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Gates: Some US Troops May Be Leaving Iraq Early

AP | ANNE GEARAN | Posted 08.29.2009 | World

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ABOARD A U.S. MILITARY AIRCRAFT — A combat brigade of 5,000 American troops may be brought home early from Iraq if the trend of reduced violence...

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Gates and Trucks

Reese Schonfeld | Posted 08.28.2009 | Politics

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For once, American manufacturers are producing the best weapons ahead of schedule, and will save lives of men who would die without them.

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