Robert M. Gates

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• Woodward tells tale of 'The War Within'

  From The Swamp  |  August 19, 2008

  by Amanda Erickson Famed journalist Bob Woodward, who broke the stories that brought down former president Richard Nixon, strikes again... more

• Crisis fuels U.S.-Russia animosities

  By Megan K. Stack  |  August 15, 2008

  From Los Angeles Times

  With Russia still defying U.S. demands to pull its troops from Georgia, the short, one-sided fight over two small mountain provinces widened... more

• Too Revealing

  From The Corner  |  August 14, 2008

  Even though no military action is planned, why would Robert Gates say so? This is the kind of announcement the Clinton administration used... more

• Gates: U.S.-Russia relations could suffer

  From The Swamp  |  August 14, 2008

  by Aamer Madhani It didn't seem that long ago that President Bush told the world about looking Vladimir Putin in the eye and "getting a sense... more

• Bush: U.S. military taking aid to Georgia

  From The Swamp  |  August 13, 2008

  by Mark Silva and updated with Russian and Bush statements. President Bush, declaring "solidarity'' with the people of Georgia, is dispatching... more

• Fighting may spark a new U.S. policy battle over Russia

  By Julian E. Barnes and Peter Spiegel  |  August 13, 2008

  From Los Angeles Times

  Other than the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, few foreign policy initiatives have gotten more diplomatic attention from the Bush administration... more

• Justice at Gitmo

  August 12, 2008

  From Los Angeles Times

  With credit for time served at Guantanamo Bay, Salim Ahmed Hamdan, the onetime driver for Osama bin Laden who was convicted last week of material... more

• Gates Endorses $20 Billion Plan To Aid Afghanistan

  From Huffington Post  |  August 8, 2008

  Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates will endorse a $20 billion plan to substantially increase the size of Afghanistan's army and will also restructure... more

• Afghan army may get bigger

  August 8, 2008

  From Los Angeles Times

  Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates has endorsed a proposal to increase the size of Afghanistan's army by more than 50,000 members and is poised... more

• Obama, Bayh send letter to Pentagon on traumatic brain injuries

  From CNN Political Ticker  |  August 4, 2008

  Obama met with Gen. Petraeus while visiting Iraq last month. WASHINGTON (CNN) – As speculation over the number two slot rises, presidential... more

• Gates's Kinder, Gentler Strategy for Global Dominance

  From TPMCafe  |  August 4, 2008

  At first glance, the new national defense strategy released by Bush administration Secretary of Defense Robert Gates last week seems like... more

• Nominee faces tough questions

  By Julian E. Barnes  |  July 30, 2008

  From Los Angeles Times

  The Bush administration's nominee to become the next head of the Air Force is facing trouble in the Senate and will undergo an unusual second... more

• A Pentagon battle over 'the next war'

  By Julian E. Barnes and Peter Spiegel  |  July 21, 2008

  From Los Angeles Times

  Air Force Maj. Gen. Charles J. Dunlap Jr. is not a fighter pilot, wing commander or war planner. But he is waging what many officers consider... more

• Gates again urges funding for diplomacy

  By Peter Spiegel  |  July 16, 2008

  From Los Angeles Times

  Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates renewed his call Tuesday for more spending on U.S. diplomacy and international aid, saying the U.S. government... more

• 9 U.S. troops die in Afghan attack

  By M. Karim Faiez and Laura King  |  July 14, 2008

  From Los Angeles Times

  Insurgents armed with machine guns, mortars and rocket-propelled grenades mounted a fierce assault on a remote, relatively lightly manned... more

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