Topic: Robert Gates
In a victory for President Barack Obama, the US House of Representatives voted Wednesday to kill funding for a costly alternate engine for the F-35 fighter aircraft that the Pentagon did not want.US Defense Secretary Robert Gates said through his spokesman that ...
President Barack Obama will meet with Defense Secretary Robert Gates on Tuesday.. Also on Tuesday, the president will award Army Staff Sgt. Salvatore Giunta the Medal of Honor for conspicuous gallantry during combat in Afghanistan in 2007..
President-elect Barack Obama named Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton as Secretary of State and Robert M. Gates as Defense Secretary. Hilary Clinton was a rival for the Democratic presidential bid and was later on Barack Obama's short list for VP. Clinton used her ...
Secretary of Defense Robert Gates reiterated his support for Congress to repeal “Don't Ask, Don't Tell” during its upcoming lame-duck sessionSecretary of Defense Robert Gates reiterated on Saturday his support for Congress to repeal “Don't Ask, Don't Tell” during its upcoming lame-duck ...
After days on the campaign trail, President Barack Obama is back in the Oval Office on Tuesday.. In the afternoon, he'll meet with Defense Secretary Robert Gates..
According to a front page article in this morning's NYTimes 3-23-07, Dick Cheney and Alberto Gonzales blocked a proposal by Defense Secretary Robert Gates, supported by Secretary of State Condolezza Rice to close the notorious U.S. prison of no return at Guantanamo. ...
With an eye on Afghanistan and the next US presidential election, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said he hoped to leave in 2011 as he will know by then if the war strategy is working.Gates, 66, the sole Republican holdover in President Barack ...
Defense Secretary Robert Gates says he plans to retire in 2011Defense Secretary Robert Gates says he plans to leave his job next year.A Republican and holdover from the Bush administration, Gates had agreed to stay on at the request of President Barack ...
Pentagon chief eyes trimming intelligence spending as part of post-9/11 reviewDefense intelligence agencies are trying to figure out how to cut 10 percent of their contractors as part of Defense Secretary Robert Gates' Pentagon-wide drive to reduce costs.Defense officials are telling staffers ...
The top US military officer has headed to Afghanistan to explain the sacking of the allied commander in Kabul as the Obama administration insisted the United States was not "bogged down" in the fight against the Taliban.Admiral Mike Mullen, chairman of the ...
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