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KABUL, Afghanistan – Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates held a last-minute, unannounced briefing with the top leadership of international coalition and Afghan security forces in a VIP waiting room at the Kabul International Airport on Thursday. Full Article at Stars and Stripes
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BAGHDAD -- Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates arrived Thursday for an unannounced visit to the Iraqi capital, whose residents are still reeling from a series of bombings Tuesday that killed more than 100 people. Full Article at The Washington Post
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BAGHDAD (AP) Defense Secretary Robert Gates flew to Iraq on Thursday to begin the second leg of his tour of two major war zones. Full Article at USA Today
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BAGHDAD -- U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates has arrived in Iraq to begin the second leg of his tour of two major war zones. Full Article at The State
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Associated Press BAGHDAD -- U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates has arrived in Iraq to begin the second leg of his tour of two major war zones.Mr. Gates's visit to Iraq comes during a week in which coordinated Baghdad bombings have killed 127 people... Full Article at Wall Street Journal
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BAGHDAD - U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates has arrived in Iraq to begin the second leg of his tour of two major war zones. Full Article at Atlanta Journal Constitution Vendor
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BAGHDAD—U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates flew to Iraq on Thursday to begin the second leg of his tour of two major war zones. Full Article at Boston Globe
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Defense secretary flew to Iraq from Kabul after wrapping up a two-day visit in Afghanistan, where he met with U.S. troops and Afghan leaders, including President Hamid Karzai. Full Article at FOX News
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Comments are subject to the sites terms of use and do not necessarily reflect the opinion or approval of the Star Tribune. Full Article at Minneapolis Star Tribune
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BAGHDAD, Dec 10 (Reuters) - U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates made an unannounced visit on Thursday to Iraq, where U.S. military leaders are planning to sharply reduce troop numbers by next summer despite delays in Iraq's forthcoming national polls. Full Article at Reuters Alert Net
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As he ended a two-day visit to Afghanistan, Thursday, U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates told Afghan military commanders the United States intends to be their partner for a long time to come. Full Article at Voice of America
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It's easy. Send a link to the story you were just reading to a friend. Just fill out the form on this page and we'll send it along. Your name and e-mail address are transmitted to the recipient. Full Article at Deseret News
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U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates is briefed by officials on a recent trip to Afghanistan. Defense Secretary Robert Gates says U.S. will maintain presence in Afghanistan past 2011 Gates: Relationship between the two countries "forged in blood" Full Article at CNN
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(photo 1: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates (L) talks with Today Show host Matt Lauer while visiting Kabul International Airport December 9, 2009 in Kabul, Afghanistan. Full Article at BAGnewsNotes
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Defense secretary tells Afghan soldiers the U.S. will be their partner for a long time despite plans to begin pulling troops out in 2011. Full Article at FOX News
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Defense Secretary Robert Gates on Thursday told about a dozen of Afghanistan's senior military officials that the U.S. will be their partner for a long time despite plans to begin pulling troops out in 2011. Full Article at The Seattle Times
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KABUL — Defense Secretary Robert Gates has told a group of Afghan soldiers that the U.S. will be their partner for a long time despite plans to begin pulling troops out in 2011. Addressing a crowd of Afghan troops at Kabul airport, Gates said the U.S. Full Article at Fort Worth Star-Telegram
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President Barack Obama delivers a speech announcing a new strategy for the war in Afghanistan at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point in West Point, N.Y. , Dec. 1. Full Article at The Public Record
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Defense Secretary Robert Gates has told a group of Afghan soldiers that the U.S. will be their partner for a long time despite plans to begin pulling troops out in 2011. Full Article at TheNewsTribune.com
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KABUL - Defense Secretary Robert Gates has told a group of Afghan soldiers that the U.S. will be their partner for a long time despite plans to begin pulling troops out in 2011. Addressing a crowd of Afghan troops at Kabul airport, Gates said the U.S. Full Article at Minneapolis Star Tribune
About Robert Gates
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Robert Michael Gates (born September 25, 1943) is currently serving as the 22nd United States Secretary of Defense. He took office on December 18, 2006. Prior to this, Gates served for 26 years in the Central Intelligence Agency and the National Security Council, and under President George H. W. Bush as Director of Central Intelligence. Full Article
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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.
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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 Defense Ministry in Seoul, South Ko...
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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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U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates (L) talks with Japan's Foreign Minister Katsuya Okada at the Foreign Ministry in Tokyo October 20, 2009.
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Defense Secretary Robert Gates, left, is seen with Adm. Robert Willard, center, the new head of the U.S. Pacific Command, and Adm. Michael Mullen, right, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, during a ceremony at Pacific Command headquarters at Camp H.M. Smith, Hawaii, Monday, Oct. 19,...
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Defense Secretary Robert Gates, right, escorts NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen into the Pentagon, Monday, Sept. 28, 2009, during an honor cordon.
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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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Israel's Defense Minister Ehud Barak (R) arrives to meet with U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates (L) at the Pentagon in Washington September 21, 2009.
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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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US Secretary of Defense Robert Gates (C) and National Security Advisor General James Jones (2nd L) arrive, for a ceremony to award the Medal of Honor posthumously to Sergeant First Class Jared C. Monti for his heroic actions in Afghanistan, at the White House in Washington, DC, Septembe...
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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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And, we all intend to be your partners for a long time into the future. Gates said the United States will fulfill its commitment to Afghanistan, and paid tribute to the sacrifices of Afghan and American troops. This is a relationship forged in blood. We will see it through together
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Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates says Americans should expect a significant U.S. military presence in Afghanistan for two years to four years more. Just as in Iraq, the United States eventually will turn over provinces to local security forces, allowing the United States to bring the number of troops d...
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I mean, look at the Unabomber in the United States ... Seventeen years or something that guy eluded the FBI, and that was inside our own country.
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Defense Secretary Robert Gates told Congress...that the surge force of 30,000 going to Afghanistan will grow to at least 33,000 when support troops are included.
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I mean, look at the Unabomber in the United States ... Seventeen years or something that guy eluded the FBI, and that was inside our own country.
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The fielding of the RQ-170 aligns with Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates' request for increased intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) support to the Combatant Commanders and Air Force Chief of Staff General Norton Schwartz's vision for an increased USAF reliance on unmanned aircraft
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Since spring, I have been surprised by the change of tone on the part of our allies ... There has been a ... realization of the importance of being successful in Afghanistan, of the consequences to the alliance of not being successful, and just a greater sense of commitment to this thing.
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You go to war with the secretary of Defense that you have ... Or, in the case of the Obama Administration, you go to war with the very same secretary of Defense -- Robert Gates, the man who held the job in 2008 -- that you just threw under the Obamabus.
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I think that there is a realism on our part that it will be some time before Afghanistan is able to sustain its security forces entirely on its own ... And whether that is 15 or 20 years, we will hope for accelerated economic development in Afghanistan.
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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 think that there is a realism on our part that it will be some time before Afghanistan is able to sustain its security forces entirely on its own ... And whether that is 15 or 20 years, we will hope for accelerated economic development in Afghanistan.
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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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The international community, including the United States, bore some responsibility for these problems, in no small part because of the enormous amount of money the international community has been spending here in Afghanistan
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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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As President Obama and I have said repeatedly, our government will not again turn our back on this country or the region
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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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Our troops are here only as long as it takes to help you defeat your enemies, we will fight by your side until Afghan forces are large enough and strong enough to secure the nation on their own as they have already done in Kabul
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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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is a bigger challenge than certainly was the case in Iraq
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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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Any success by the Taliban in either Afghanistan or Pakistan benefits al-Qaeda
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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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Put simply, the Taliban and al Qaeda have become symbiotic ... each benefitting from the success and mythology of the other.
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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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I think that the likelihood of the leadership of the Taliban, or senior leaders, being willing to accept the conditions Secretary Clinton just talked about depends in the first instance on reversing their momentum right now, and putting them in a position where they suddenly begin to realise that they'r...
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