WASHINGTON, July 1 (UPI) -- U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates says the Pentagon is searching for ways to make the ban on gays serving openly in the military more flexible.
WASHINGTON, May 21 (UPI) -- U.S. President Barack Obama, often chided for using a Teleprompter, erred Thursday in delivering his address on national security, misidentifying Robert Gates.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 2 (UPI) -- U.S. Deputy Secretary of Defense Gordon England said Tuesday he will not serve in the Obama administration.
WASHINGTON, June 6 (UPI) -- U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates is expected to name Michael Donley to replace the Air Force secretary forced to resign, Pentagon officials said Friday.
EDINBURGH, Scotland, Dec. 14 (UPI) -- A Pentagon spokesman said U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates planned to urge NATO leaders to increase their commitment to the war in Afghanistan.
WASHINGTON, June 22 (UPI) -- A hacker forced the U.S. Department of Defense to take 1,500 e-mail accounts offline, defense officials told a computer publication.
KABUL, Afghanistan, June 4 (UPI) -- U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates has returned to Afghanistan for his second visit to Kabul claiming progress was being made in the war-torn country.
LONDON, Jan. 14 (UPI) -- U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates and British Prime Minister Tony Blair met in London Sunday on President George W. Bush's new Iraq war strategy.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 18 (UPI) -- Robert Gates has formally taken over as U.S. secretary of defense, becoming the 22nd man to hold the job.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 9 (UPI) -- U.S. President Bush has asked outgoing Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld to advise him until successor Robert Gates is sworn in, aides say.
