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nytimes.com at 16 Dec 2009 01:50 am
Defense Secretary Robert Gates helped create the mess in Afghanistan decades ago and now has to try to clean it up.
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US Defence Secretary Robert Gates speaks during a press conference with Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak at the King David Hotel in Jerusalem on July 27, 2009. Gates arrived in Israel on a US push to jump start Middle East peace talks with Washington's peace envoy George Mitchell also on whistlestop regional tour. (UPI Photo/Jack Guez/Pool)
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ANKARA, Turkey, Feb. 9 (UPI) -- The international community should prepare to take stronger action to inhibit Iran's nuclear weapons hopes, U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Tuesday.
ISTANBUL, Turkey, Feb. 4 (UPI) -- U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates said he would ask NATO for more trainers and mentors for Afghanistan, while also questioning NATO's spending priorities.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 2 (UPI) -- Repealing the policy barring openly gay individuals from serving in the military is "the right thing to do" and now is the time, U.S. defense officials said.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 2 (UPI) -- The F-35 Joint Strike Fighter Program will be restructured to increase oversight for a program U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates said missed key benchmarks.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 1 (UPI) -- U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Monday he hopes strained relations with China can soon be smoothed in the wake of a Taiwan arms deal.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 1 (UPI) -- The $708 billion U.S. Defense Department fiscal year 2011 proposal includes $159 billion for overseas operations, mainly Afghanistan and Iraq, officials said.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 29 (UPI) -- The Pentagon will reveal its plan to prepare for repealing the prohibition of openly gay individuals serving in the U.S. military next week, a spokesman said.
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Jan. 26 (UPI) -- U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates' warnings about the agenda of terror groups in South Asia, where he traveled last week, were forthright, leaving no room for confusion, but Pakistan's response did not cheer U.S. officials.
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Jan. 23 (UPI) -- The Taliban may be part of Afghanistan's "political fabric" but they must reform to attain legitimacy, U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates says.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 22 (UPI) -- America's Afghan strategy hinges on effective cooperation with Pakistan but despite billions of dollars in U.S. aid the relationship remains uncomfortable.
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cnn.com at 11 Dec 2009 06:02 am
Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki met with visiting U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates on Friday morning, after canceling a meeting with him a day earlier.
sfgate.com at 11 Dec 2009 03:55 am
Defense Secretary Robert Gates predicted significant international sanctions would be levied against Iran, and he reiterated that all options, including military action, must stay on the...
cnn.com at 11 Dec 2009 02:10 am
Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki met with visiting U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates on Friday morning, after canceling a meeting with him a day earlier.
cnn.com at 10 Dec 2009 08:39 am
U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates arrived in Iraq on Thursday after ending a two-day trip to Afghanistan.
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