Secretary of Defense

Page: 1

Robert Gates Unleashed: "What Are They Going To Do, Fire Me?"

TIME | Joe Klein | Posted 06.28.2009 | Politics

Read More: Gates Pentagon, Gates Obama, Robert Gates, Robert Gates Pentagon, Gates Time, Secretary of Defense, Gates Pentagon Budget, Pentagon Budget, Politics News

A few weeks ago, Secretary of Defense Robert Gates trooped up to Capitol Hill to answer questions about the new Pentagon budget. This is an unseemly s...

Read Whole Story

Gates Named Bush Successor In The Case Of Inauguration Day Disaster

CBS | Posted 02.19.2009 | Politics

Read More: George Bush, Biden, Defense Secretary Robert Gates, Presidential Succession Act of 1947, Robert Gates, Inauguration, Obama Inauguration, George W. Bush, Dana Perino, Joe Biden, Secretary of Defense, Obama's Inauguration, Politics News

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

Read Whole Story

Not a Woman in the Picture

Paul Jenkins | Posted 02.10.2009 | Politics

Read More: Obama's Cabinet, Al Gore, White House, Women's Rights, Sweden, George W. Bush, Sex Trade, Asia, Missouri, Sarah Palin, Same-Sex Marriage, South Africa, Angola, Kay Hagan, Dan Quayle, Saudi Arabia, Argentina, Nancy Pelosi, Racism, Nigeria, Elizabeth Dole, Secretary of the Treasury, African-American Issues, Latin America, Speaker of the House, Joe Biden, Amy Klobuchar, Netherlands, Minnesota, Barack Obama, Secretary of Energy, Condolleezza Rice, Secretary of Agriculture, Janet Napolitano, Jimmy Carter, Hillary Clinton, George H. W. Bush, Claire McCaskill, Secretary of State, Women's Issues, Civil Rights, Arizona, Laura Bush, Gay Rights, Vietnam, Slavery, Sexism, Secretary of Defense, Senate Majority Leader, Vice President, Bill Clinton, Islam, John McCain, Africa, Belgium, Secretary of Transportation, Homeland Security, Attorney General, North Carolina, Colombia, Cia Director, Cambodia, Secretary of Interior, Death Penalty, Gay Issues, Politics News

Is it a coincidence that in the world's largest economy, whose military expenditure accounts for half the global total, the most senior posts dealing with money and war are still reserved for men?

Read Post

The Department of Defense and The Arrogance of Chu

Hal Donahue | Posted 01.07.2009 | Politics

Read More: Department of Defense, Veterans Affairs, David Chu, Robert Gates, Appropriations, Healthcare, Walter Reed, Secretary of Defense, Politics News

David Chu, the Undersecretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness, has struck once again.

Read Post

Gates Praises Obama, Outlines New Defense World

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 01.02.2009 | Politics

Read More: Robert Gates Defense Policy, Robert Gates, Afghanistan, Iraq Troops, Robert Gates Michelle Obama, u.s. Policy, Gates Defense, Guantanamo, Gates Obama, Obama Foreign Policy, Secretary of Defense, Politics News

Newly re-appointed Defense Secretary Bob Gates took questions from the press on Tuesday, outlining some agenda items that the Obama administration is ...

Read Whole Story

It's Not Hillary, It's the Policy Stupid!

Tom Andrews | Posted 01.01.2009 | Politics

Obama should declare that seeking regime change in Iran is no longer the policy of the U.S. and initiate diplomatic contacts with the Iranian government immediately without preconditions.

Read Post

Clinton, Gates -- The Unveiling

James Warren | Posted 12.31.2008 | Politics

Read More: Obama Cabinet, Secretary of State, Robert Gates, Obama's Cabinet, Hillary Clinton Secretary of State, National Security Advisers, Hillary Clinton, Secretary of Defense, Politics News

Senator Clinton, you and Sen. Obama famously dueled during the primary season over when to get out of Iraq. What is your position?

Read Post

Who Should Be Secretary of Defense?

John Feffer | Posted 12.25.2008 | Politics

Read More: Pentagon, Antonio Taguba, Robert Gates, Obama Cabinet, Secretary of Defense Gates, Obama Appointments, Secretary of Defense, Obama's Cabinet, Politics News

At this critical juncture, we don't need someone at the head of the Pentagon who is satisfied with the status quo. Here's a suggestion: Antonio Taguba.

Read Post

Dem Officials See New Signs That Gates Will Remain At Defense

Politico | Mike Allen | Posted 12.20.2008 | Politics

Read More: Obama Cabinet, Gates Secretary of Defense, Robert Gates, Obama Secretary of Defense, Secretary of Defense, Politics News

Democratic officials said they see new signs that President-elect Barack Obama will ask Defense Secretary Robert Gates to stay in his post. If Gates ...

Read Whole Story

Why Obama Should Not Pick a Republican Secretary of Defense

Cenk Uygur | Posted 12.11.2008 | Politics

Read More: Chuck Hagel, Republican Party, Military, Defense, Secretary of State, Richard Lugar, Barack Obama, Obama's Cabinet, Secretary of Defense, Foreign Policy, Obama Cabinet, Obama Secretary of State, Hagel Secretary of State, Politics News

The Republicans overall now are hideous in matters of defense and foreign policy. Encouraging their perceived supremacy in those topics is a very bad idea for the country.

Read Post