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Gates: $33B Needed ASAP to Keep Military Afloat

(July 14) -- Warning that the military could run out of money as early as next month, the Pentagon is putting pressure on Congress to pass the wartime budget before lawmakers leave for the August break. Defense Secretary Robert Gates was "disappointed that the Congress did not pass the defense supplemental before the July...

Gates Calls Out Dangerous Gaps in US Defense Exports

(April 20) -- In the fight to keep sensitive government technologies and equipment out of the wrong hands, the Obama administration plans a radical overhaul of a Cold War-era system more alert to the likes of Soviet spies than modern terrorists. Defense Secretary Robert Gates, discussing a review ordered by President...

Opinion: New DADT Guidelines Please No One

(March 25) -- Defense Secretary Robert Gates on Thursday announced changes to the Pentagon's regulation on gays serving in the military that he said make the Defense Department's enforcement of the "don't ask, don't tell" policy "fairer and more appropriate." But despite Gates' desire to provide "a greater measure of...

Pentagon Moves Ahead on Changing 'Don't Ask'

WASHINGTON (March 2) -- The Pentagon's "don't ask, don't tell" policy may be changing faster than some top generals would like, thanks to a plan released today by Defense Secretary Robert Gates. In a memo and two-page "terms of reference" document, Gates ordered a comprehensive review of the "Policy Concerning...

Weekend Briefing: Afghanistan, Osama, More

A round-up of major developments over this weekend. 1. Afghanistan Hairsplitting Whither July 2011? The more we hear from the Obama administration about July 2011, the less significance it appears to have as a marker in the Afghanistan war. Three top administration officials -- Secretary of Defense Robert Gates, Secretary...

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05/30/12 McConnell Intelligence Center named after Robert Gates Source: CBS - KWCH Eyewitness News 12 - Wichita KS The Kansas National Guard's 184th Intelligence Wing has dedicated its Intelligence Complex to the former U.S. Secretary of Defense Dr. Robert M. Gates.
05/30/12 McConnell AFB names Intel Ctr. for Fmr Def. Sec.... Source: CBS - KWCH Eyewitness News 12 - Wichita KS Former Defense Secretary Robert Gates is visiting Wichita's McConnell Air Force Base as leaders there name a new intelligence complex after him.
05/30/12 National Security and International Exchange Source: Inside Higher Ed Former U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates delivered a rousing oration in favor of international education and exchange Tuesday.
05/24/12 New word of extra White House help on OBL film Source: The How-To Travel Guru - CBS News It's no surprise that the Obama administration would enthusiastically welcome a movie about the killing of Osama bin Laden.
05/23/12 Ben Dimiero: "Are These Robert Gates's Pants?" Source: County Fair In a new article today at American Thinker , graphic artist Mara Zebest -- who is identified as working "closely" with Sheriff Joe Arpaio's Cold Case Posse "in providing evidence on Obama's forged birth certificate" -- highlights some supposed anomalies in a Situation Room photo from the day of the bin Laden raid in order to prove... something.