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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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Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Adm. Michael Mullen, Secretary of Defense Robert Gates, and DoD CFO and Comptroller Robert F. Hale (L to R) testify before the House Armed Services Committee regarding the Defense Department's fiscal year 2010 budget on Capitol Hill in Washington on May 13, 2009. (UPI Photo/Roger L. Wollenberg)
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WASHINGTON, Dec. 15 (UPI) -- U.S. Rep. John Murtha, D-Pa., was resting comfortably in a Washington hospital after suffering abdominal pain traced to a gallbladder issue, his office said.
KIRKUK, Iraq, Dec. 11 (UPI) -- The U.S. Air Force is likely to remain in Iraq after 2011, when its forces are scheduled to pull out, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Friday.
KIRKUK, Iraq, Dec. 11 (UPI) -- Iran likely will be slapped with tougher sanctions because it still is shielding its nuclear program from inspectors, U.S. Defense chief Robert Gates said.
BAGHDAD, Dec. 10 (UPI) -- U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates visited Baghdad Thursday to get Iraqi leaders to settle differences over the status of the Kurdish region, officials said.
KABUL, Afghanistan, Dec. 8 (UPI) -- The pledge of 7,000 more NATO troops in Afghanistan is a sign of the military alliance's commitment to the country, U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates said.
KABUL, Afghanistan, Dec. 8 (UPI) -- Pakistan is setting the pace in the regional conflict to tackle extremists on its side of the border with Afghanistan, the U.S. defense secretary said in Kabul.
KABUL, Afghanistan, Dec. 8 (UPI) -- U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates traveled to Afghanistan to assure local leaders the U.S. military didn't plan to desert the country.
KABUL, Afghanistan, Dec. 8 (UPI) -- The deployment of 30,000 more U.S. troops to Afghanistan emphasizes the U.S commitment to the country, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Tuesday in Kabul.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 6 (UPI) -- U.S. President Barack Obama's July 2011 date for transferring troops out of Afghanistan isn't a deadline for ending U.S. involvement, the Pentagon chief says.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 5 (UPI) -- Defense Secretary Robert Gates said the United States has not had any reliable intelligence on the whereabouts of terror mastermind Osama bin Laden for "years."
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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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