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WASHINGTON, Nov. 24, 2009 – The leaders of an independent review panel toured the scene of the Fort Hood, Texas, shooting rampage today and described how they view the panel’s mission. Full Article at GlobalSecurity.org
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President Barack Obama, sitting next to Defense Secretary Robert Gates, right, pauses as he speaks during a meeting with members of his Cabinet in Washington, Monday, Nov. 23, 2009. Full Article at Canoe
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U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates, left, and his South Korean counterpart Kim Tae-young participate in a joint news conference at South Korea's defense ministry in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, Oct. 22, 2009. View Photo »
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In Afghanistan, the Canadian military has more than distinguished itself in battle in some of the most dangerous parts of the country
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Barack Obama will say that the United States is sending 34,000 extra troops to Afghanistan to "finish the job", in a move that will end three months of deliberation. Full Article at Irish Independent
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FORT HOOD - Leaders of a task force, formed by Defense Secretary Robert Gates to review weaknesses in Pentagon policies in the wake of a shooting that killed 13 and wounded dozens, were on the ground at Fort Hood on Tuesday. Full Article at Temple Daily Telegram
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FORT HOOD — Leaders of a Pentagon-led inquiry into the Nov. 5 shootings in Fort Hood said Tuesday that they hope the 45-day investigation will help prevent such an event from happening again. Full Article at Austin American-Statesman
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Protesters holding portraits of U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates, left, and his South Korean counterpart Kim Tae-young shout a slogan during a rally against the Security Consultative Meeting, or SCM, between the U.S. and South Korea in front of the D... View Photo »
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with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi in the afternoon in between a meeting with senior advisers and a session with Vice President Joe Biden and Defense Secretary Robert Gates
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Published online 11/24/2009 10:06 PM In response to John Wayne Gallaugher's letter of Nov. 11, I feel that he is off base with his arguments of just pulling out of Afghanistan. Full Article at HutchNews.com
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WASHINGTON, Nov. 24, 2009 – Should President Barack Obama’s anticipated Afghanistan strategy announcement call for more U.S. troops, Defense Department and White House officials would expect a greater contribution from their NATO allies, Pentagon Press... Full Article at GlobalSecurity.org
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U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates, left, arrives to sign the guest book before meeting South Korean Prime Minister Chung Un-chan as U.S. Ambassador to South Korea Kathleen Stephens looks on at the Government Complex in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2009.
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ARLINGTON, VA - SEPTEMBER 21: U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates (R) welcomes Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak (L) during an honor cordon at the Pentagon September 21, 2009 in Arlington, Virginia.
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ARLINGTON, VA - SEPTEMBER 17: Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates (L) and Vice Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff, Gen. James E. Cartwright (R) answer questions during a press briefing at the Pentagon on September 17, 2009 in Arlington, Virginia.
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ARLINGTON, VA - SEPTEMBER 17: Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates (L) and Vice Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff, Gen. James E. Cartwright (R) answer questions during a press briefing at the Pentagon on September 17, 2009 in Arlington, Virginia.
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ARLINGTON, VA - SEPTEMBER 17: Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates (L) and Vice Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff, Gen. James E. Cartwright (R) answer questions during a press briefing at the Pentagon on September 17, 2009 in Arlington, Virginia.
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In Afghanistan, the Canadian military has more than distinguished itself in battle in some of the most dangerous parts of the country
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with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi in the afternoon in between a meeting with senior advisers and a session with Vice President Joe Biden and Defense Secretary Robert Gates
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I only became aware of the issue here in Canada about three hours ago, when I saw it in one of your newspapers
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I asked the President if he’s as angry as Defense Secretary Robert Gates about all of the leaks coming out of his administration about the Afghanistan deployment decision.
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Even as the U.S. 'resets' relations with Russia, we will work with Canada to ensure that increased Russian activity in the Arctic does not lead to miscalculation or unnecessary friction
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As the troop dispatch has been already settled when U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates visited Seoul last month, there is no need to deal with the issue again
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the ability to receive significant quantities of equipment and people in a relatively short period of time [in Afghanistan] is very different than the situation in Iraq
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Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates, Adm. Mike Mullen, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton are coalescing around a proposal to send 30,000 or more additional American troops to Afghanistan.
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U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates was recently in Tokyo urging Japan to honor a 2006 agreement on relocating a U.S. airbase to another part of Okinawa.
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We are very sympathetic to the desire of the new government in Japan to review the realignment road map
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A new assessment of the Joint Strike Fighter program affirms earlier findings that substantially more money and time are required for the Pentagon's largest acquisition effort, a conclusion that could pose a formidable test of Defense Secretary Robert Gates' recent support for the F-35 program and Presi...
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Obviously, if the president makes a decision to increase the number of troops in Afghanistan, we would look at this in terms of whether we needed to buy more
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A White House that sees fit to continue on with Robert Gates might see no problem with continuing on with Bryan Whitman.
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Obama appears to be leaning toward [a policy option] that combines parts of various alternatives presented so far.
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the briefing, though held privately, thrusts General McChrystal back into the debate over what President Obama should do about Afghanistan — a role that has raised tensions between the general and the White House in the past, and even drawn a rebuke from his boss, Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates.
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In any war that has lasted any time at all, those wars have never been particularly popular ... Even toward the end of World War II, by 1944, people were beginning to be war-weary and wondering why it was taking so long. A president basically has to decide what’s in the best interest of the country and ...
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As [Defense] Secretary Robert Gates has said, the opposition to moving these people to supermax facilities in the United States is pure fear-mongering ... One hundred forty-five international terrorists have been convicted in U.S. courts since 2001 and not one has escaped from there.
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Without the Futenma realignment, the Futenma facility, there will be no relocation to Guam ... Without relocation to Guam there will be no consolidation of forces and return of land in Okinawa.
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The United States cannot wait for problems surrounding the legitimacy of the Afghan government to be resolved before making a decision on troops, U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates said
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What I should have said is that I hope it's al Qaida's last gasp. I don't know if it is
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If they aren't held accountable as war criminals now, they're going to have the opportunity to be even bigger war criminals when they come back into power in four or eight or 12 years. Even Robert Gates should still be in prison for his role in [the Iran-]Contra-gate, yet there he is digging us in a dee...
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I detected a commitment and an energy on the part of our allies, both in uniform and civilians, in terms of their determination to participate with us in Afghanistan and see this through to a successful conclusion.
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The Obama administration needs to decide on a war strategy for Afghanistan without waiting for a government there to be widely accepted as legitimate, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Monday. Gates' comments put him at odds with top White House and NATO officials who are balking at ordering more troo...
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I commented to the minister this morning that one of the biggest changes that I had seen between the time I left the government in 1993 and returning to government in 2006 was the extraordinary improvement in the relationship between the United States and Japan and how much closer the alliance is now th...
