Robert Gates on Huffington Post

WATCH: Killing Bin Laden Was The 'Most Important' Day Of My Presidency

2012-05-03T05:44:24Z

A year after the killing of Osama bin Laden, President Barack Obama reflected on the decision he made to carry out the deadly raid.

In an interview...

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Former Bush Officials Seek To Make Their Mark On Washington

2012-04-25T13:46:22Z

Condoleezza Rice, Robert Gates and Stephen Hadley are joining forces again to create a powerhouse GOP consulting shop, the Associated Press reported W...

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Robert Gates, Condoleezza Rice Reunited

2012-04-25T13:40:56Z

WASHINGTON -- Former Defense Secretary Robert Gates is going into business with two other top officials from the George W. Bush administration.

Gates...

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Pentagon Official's Commutes Cost An Absurd Amount

2012-04-06T09:20:01Z

WASHINGTON -- It's turning out to be a costly commute home for Defense Secretary Leon Panetta.

The Pentagon chief has traveled on military aircraft t...

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The Center for Public Integrity: Will the $55 billion bomber program fly?

2012-03-26T10:14:16Z

By David Axe, iWatch NewsWhen the Obama administration dispatched three B-2 bombers from a Missouri air base on March 19 last year to cross the ocea...

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Pentagon Recommends Allowing Women To Serve Closer To Front Lines

2012-02-09T04:25:30Z

WASHINGTON — For the past decade women in the U.S. military have served, fought and died on the battlefields in Iraq and Afghanistan.

On Thursd...

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Chase Madar: Blood on Whose Hands?

2012-01-19T10:02:53Z

Knowledge may indeed have its risks, but how many civilian deaths can actually be traced to the WikiLeaks revelations? How many military deaths? To the best of anyone's knowledge, not a single one.

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Top Obama Adviser 'Not Sure' Romney Would Have Decided To Go After Bin Laden

2012-01-08T10:42:10Z

WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama's top campaign strategist, David Axelrod, said Sunday that he doubts presidential candidate Mitt Romney would hav...

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Mark Pfeifle: Senate Hits the Mark on Missile Defense

2011-12-16T14:35:40Z

The implications of Iran's growing bellicosity are increasingly more difficult for the United States.

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Andrew Bacevich: Big Change Whether We Like It or Not

2011-11-14T11:05:12Z

Proclaim it from the rooftops: No, America is not "over." Yet a growing accumulation of evidence suggests that America today is not the America of 1945. Everyone else on the planet understands this. Perhaps it's finally time for Americans to do so as well.

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Tom Engelhardt: Sex and the Single Drone

2011-09-29T14:54:23Z

In the world of weaponry, they are the sexiest things around. Others countries are desperate to have them. Almost anyone who writes about them becomes a groupie. They are, of course, the pilotless drones, our grimly named Predators and Reapers.

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Steve Frank: At Liberty Medal, Robert Gates Pointed a Prophet's Finger at all of us

2011-09-26T15:06:55Z

When he received the 2011 Liberty Medal at the National Constitution Center last Thursday night, former Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates had some scathing comments about the state of our democracy.

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Aubrey Sarvis: Obama's Measured Path to DADT Repeal

2011-09-20T00:01:45Z

No single individual or organization brought about the tremendous feat of dismantling "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" (DADT). In the best military tradition, repeal was a team accomplishment.

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Cheney In Town To Promote His New Book, Protests Expected

2011-09-19T09:45:00Z

Former Vice President Dick Cheney is expected to appear in Chicago Monday to speak about his recently released autobiography.

Cheney will be hosted...

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Robert Gates's New Gig

2011-09-06T13:06:32Z

RICHMOND, Va. — The College of William and Mary in Virginia has named former U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates as its next chancellor.

Colleg...

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David Bromwich: Symptoms of the Bush-Obama Presidency

2011-08-18T11:12:08Z

Let us examine Obama by the standard of his cabinet members, advisers, and favored influences. His taste in associates at these extremes may tell us something about the moral and political personality in the middle.

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Military Launches Probe Into Afghanistan Helicopter Crash That Killed 30 U.S. Troops

2011-08-09T22:51:52Z

WASHINGTON — The military has opened an investigation into Saturday's devastating helicopter crash in eastern Afghanistan that killed 30 U.S. tr...

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Doug Bandow: Washington Should Leave Iraq to the Iraqis

2011-08-02T04:09:19Z

Iraq is ending like most wars -- far more costly in blood and treasure and far worse in geopolitical effects than expected. The U.S. should not have invaded Iraq. President Obama can't undo the ill effects of the war, but he can avoid the costs of a permanent occupation.

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Obama Administration Searching For A Way To Stay In Iraq?

2011-07-19T16:50:13Z

WASHINGTON -- The Obama administration is facing a major political and strategic dilemma as it debates a continued troop presence in Iraq after this y...

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Benjamin Loehrke: Good Times for the Nuclear Weapons Budget

2011-07-14T16:12:33Z

As the rest of Washington is bracing for cuts, the funding spigot for nuclear weapons and delivery systems is about to get thrown wide open. What does this say about our security priorities?

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Panetta Blunt But Unsteady In First Overseas Trip

2011-07-12T12:36:43Z

BAGHDAD — At once blunt and bubbly, poised but prone to gaffes, Leon Panetta showed on his first overseas trip as Pentagon chief that he has fra...

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Chase Madar: Bradley Manning, American Hero

2011-07-07T12:23:43Z

We still don't know if he did it or not, but if the 24-year-old Army private from Oklahoma actually supplied WikiLeaks with its choicest material, then he deserves the Presidential Medal of Freedom instead of a jail cell at Fort Leavenworth.

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Robert Gates Honored By Obama, Awarded Presidential Medal Of Freedom

2011-06-30T10:36:00Z

WASHINGTON — A visibly moved Defense Secretary Robert Gates paused briefly at a Pentagon retirement ceremony rife with pomp and pageantry, colle...

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Tucker Reed: Secretary Gates' Sacred Contract

2011-06-28T15:03:33Z

Gates has often spoke of a "sacred contract" between the American people and our military. But the burden of caring for our wounded cannot and should not be borne by our government alone.

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Andrew Bacevich: War Fever Subsides in Washington

2011-06-28T14:07:17Z

Today, the post-9/11 fever finally shows signs of abating. Despite the urges of some in the Obama administration, after nearly a decade of self-destructive flailing about, American recovery has become a distinct possibility.

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