Robert Gates

What President-elect Barack Obama Wants in a Cabinet

By Paul Bedard - Washington Whispers - November 10, 2008

Here is a tip sheet to follow Obama's transition. more >>

Gates Says Pentagon Will Try to Stop Prioritizing Iraq Over Afghanistan

By Anna Mulrine - Nation & World - September 23, 2008

The shift in strategy could allow more troops to be sent to Afghanistan, but it comes with big risks. more >>

Four Challenges Petraeus Leaves Behind for His Successor in Iraq

By Anna Mulrine - Nation & World - September 16, 2008

Gen. Odierno must manage Sunni militias, a U.S. troop drawdown, the flashpoint of Kirkuk, and Sadr. more >>

Defense Secretary Gates Counts Down to End of Bush Administration

By Paul Bedard - Washington Whispers - August 22, 2008

Gates looks forward to sitting at his Washington State home overlooking Big Lake. more >>

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. more >>

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? more >>

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. more >>

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. more >>

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. more >>

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. more >>

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 more >>

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. more >>

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." more >>

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 more >>

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.. more >>

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. more >>

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. more >>

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. more >>

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. more >>

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. more >>

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.. more >>

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. more >>