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Washington Whispers: Gates Urged to Bring Pundit Briefings Back
By Paul Bedard -
Nation & World
- April 30, 2008
A controversy over a barely controversial issue may have landed the Defense Secretary in hot water.
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6 Signs the U.S. May Be Headed for War in Iran
News Desk
- March 11, 2008
Is the United States moving toward military action with Iran?
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Turkey Defies U.S. on Iraq Incursion
News Desk
- February 27, 2008
Even as Defense Secretary Robert Gates urged Turkey to wrap up its military operation in northern Iraq in the coming days, Turkish diplomats say the incursion will continue as long as the Turkish military deems necessary.
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Security Slows Troop Withdrawals
By Paul Bedard -
Washington Whispers
- February 26, 2008
A top architect of the troop surge tells Whispers why fewer soldiers will be returning home this summer. In a word: Security.
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Morning Buzz: Feb. 22, 2008
News Desk
- February 22, 2008
Hillary Clinton, for better or worse, had the sound bite of the night in Thursday's Democratic presidential debate in Austin. "If your candidacy is going to be about words then they should be your own words," she said, speaking to Barack Obama. "Lifting whole passages from someone else's speeches is not change you can believe in, it's change you can Xerox." The remark prompted boos from some in the audience.
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NATO Struggles Over Who Will Send Additional Troops to Fight in Afghanistan
By Thomas Omestad -
Nation & World
- February 13, 2008
Facing resurgent Taliban, the Bush administration urges European allies to do more.
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Troop Drawdown Pause Sets Up Political and Pentagon Debate
By Anna Mulrine -
Nation & World
- February 12, 2008
Long deployments concerns military officials; Obama and Clinton cite effect on soldiers' families
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Morning Buzz: Feb. 11, 2008
News Desk
- February 11, 2008
U.S. military leaders say they may request suspending the drawdown of U.S. troops from Iraq. At a speech in Baghdad yesterday, U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates said that he and Gen. David Petraeus are concerned that reducing troop levels could undermine recent security gains.
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Morning Buzz: Dec. 5, 2007
News Desk
- December 5, 2007
Republican presidential candidate and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney said yesterday in a statement that he has fired the landscaping company that used illegal immigrants to do work at his Boston house. The announcement comes after a sharp exchange last week between Romney and fellow GOP presidential candidate Rudy Giuliani at the CNN/YouTube debate, in which Giuliani accused Romney of employing illegal workers at his "sanctuary mansion."
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They're Loving Bob Gates
By Paul Bedard -
Washington Whispers
- October 25, 2007
There's a new political odd couple in Washington—Democrats and Defense Secretary Bob Gates
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Gates Sticks Up for the Press
By John Mashek -
A Capital View
- June 6, 2007
Let's hear it for Bob Gates, the secretary of defense, who had the temerity to suggest that the press was not the enemy of the military..
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No Sissy Sauce for Pentagon's Gates
Washington Whispers
- April 15, 2007
Defense Secretary Bob Gates reveals that he's a strict traditionalist when it comes to barbecue. "I'm pork ribs, period," he tells radio's Laura Ingraham.
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Live From the Pentagon With Bob
Washington Whispers
- March 4, 2007
Nothing screams change to an old setting like a new set of furniture and edgy decorations. President Bush signaled a new, more formal tone when he junked former President Clinton's gaudy Oval Office furnishings.
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War Immersion for New Defense Boss
Washington Whispers
- January 21, 2007
With a second trip to Iraq under his belt, new Defense Secretary Robert Gates has taken an immersion course in the war. Weeks after touring Iraq, he was in Afghanistan last week securing support for the U.
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At Texas A&M, Robert Gates Could Stay Up Late
The Paper Trail
- January 16, 2007
The best parts about being president of Texas A&M, the new U.S.
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Texas A&M Corps of Cadets Loves Robert Gates
The Paper Trail
- November 10, 2006
What does a university president know about national defense? In addition to his previous service with the CIA, Robert Gates has this to add to his résumé: a record of re-energizing Texas A&M's corps of cadets, the Battalion reports . Gates is President Bush's choice to replace Donald Rumsfeld as secretary of defense.
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Texas A&M Will Let Gates Go to Washington
The Paper Trail
- November 9, 2006
Robert Gates led a "revolution" at Texas A&M, but the country will benefit from his move to higher office, the school's students and faculty told the Battalion yesterday..
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Robert Gates: The Texas A&M Years
The Paper Trail
- November 8, 2006
Robert Gates, Bush's recommended Rumsfeld replacement, has filled the shoes of a big-footed predecessor before. In October 2002, he replaced Ray Bowen as president of Texas A&M University, taking on not just the legacy of the eight-year-term president but also his Vision 2020 plan to make Texas A&M a top 10 public university by the year 2020.
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