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  • Obama lashes out at Bush, McCain over appeasement comments 16 May 2008 22:19 GMT
    ... political battles have focused more on the general elections in November. Both men "have a lot ... and Ronald Reagan and Bush's own defense secretary, Robert Gates. In a speech to the Israeli ...

  • Senate to DoD: Consider manned craft for ISR 16 May 2008 21:56 GMT
    ... May 16, 2008 16:24:57 EDT The Senate Armed Services Committee criticized the Defense Department's sluggish ... as filling the full-motion video gap. The Pentagon has been scrambling to get more UAVs ... and typically requires four aircraft. Defense Secretary Robert Gates stood up an intelligence, surveillance and ...

  • Dem. Congressman claims generals watched House vote, demands to know why 16 May 2008 21:46 GMT
    ... Friday in a letter to Defense Secretary Robert Gates. Stark, an 18-term incumbent known for ... outbursts of temper, said he observed the contingent of 20 or so officers, apparently Army generals, in the gallery for a couple of ...

  • Bush seeks diplomatic pact with Putin 16 May 2008 21:40 GMT
    ... a letter delivered by Condoleezza Rice and Robert Gates, the US secretaries of state and ... work on a replacement for the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty, which expires in 2009. ...

  • Gates Calls for Faster Application of Warfighting Assets 16 May 2008 21:39 GMT
    ... Dr. Robert M. Gates, Secretary of Defense WASHINGTON, D.C. ... video over a target, such as an insurgent planting an IED on a street corner." ... bombs, and enemy fighters increasingly turned to armor-piercing devices as troops' Humvees were fortified. "As ...

  • Five More Flights Deliver Relief to Burma 16 May 2008 21:39 GMT
    ... WASHINGTON, D.C. - The United States sent another five ... forward to the opportunity to send more, Pentagon Press Secretary Geoff Morrell said today. "We ... people." Morrell called U.S. Pacific Command commander Navy Adm. Timothy J. Keating's May 12 trip ...

  • Congressman questions DOD presence 16 May 2008 21:39 GMT
    ... Friday in a letter to Defense Secretary Robert Gates. Stark, an 18-term incumbent known for ... outbursts of temper, said he observed the contingent of 20 or so officers, apparently Army generals, in the gallery for a couple of ...

  • Sec. of Defense Gates addresses VMI commencement 16 May 2008 21:36 GMT
    ... LEXINGTON—U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates, the commencement speaker at the Virginia ... cadets—were commissioned as officers in the nation's armed forces yesterday. School officials said others in the ...

  • Germany to Send Troops to Western Afghanistan 16 May 2008 21:09 GMT
    ... Faryab. German soldiers will support the Afghan army during the operation as well as a Norwegian ... out their mission. In January, US Defense Secretary Robert Gates reportedly sent an "unusually stern" letter ...

  • Obama scorches Bush on appeasement remark 16 May 2008 19:59 GMT
    ... political battles have focused more on the general elections in November. Both men "have a lot ... and Ronald Reagan and Bush's own defense secretary, Robert Gates. In a speech to the Israeli ...

  • The 'Long War' fallacy 16 May 2008 11:17 GMT
    ... today a discredited and widely reviled figure. Robert Gates, Rumsfeld's successor as defense secretary, is generally admired for manifesting qualities that ... repetitive combat tours, the strength of our army slowly ebbs away. Meanwhile, the immediate danger to ...

  • The US-Iran sound bite showdown 16 May 2008 11:16 GMT
    ... seized by the Bush administration and assorted armchair neo-conservative warriors as yet more evidence that ... urge for a delay was allegedly Defense Secretary Robert Gates. Giraldi carefully noted that Bush "will ...

  • Defense group mulling Purple Heart for PTSD 16 May 2008 05:47 GMT
    ... to troops suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder, Pentagon Press Secretary Geoff Morrell said. Right now, ... The issue came up during Defense Secretary Robert Gates' recent visit to Texas, when a ... at a news conference at Red River Army Depot, Texas, Gates replied: "It's an interesting ...

  • U.S. claims Iranian weapons are in Iraq 16 May 2008 05:46 GMT
    ... in the hands of criminals in Iraq," Army Maj. Gen. Kevin Bergner said at a Baghdad news ... Iranian meddling in Iraq," U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates told a panel at the conservative ...

  • General Cites Iranian Links to 'Special Groups' Terrorists in Iraq 16 May 2008 04:55 GMT
    ... General Cites Iranian Links to 'Special Groups' Terrorists ... operating in Iraq apparently are receiving training, arms and funding from Iranian sources, a senior U.S. ... hands of criminals in Iraq," Army Maj. Gen. Kevin Bergner told reporters during a Baghdad ...

  • Pentagon chief says some in the defense bureaucracy still not on `war footing' 16 May 2008 02:15 GMT
    ... Pentagon chief says some in the defense bureaucracy ... Afghanistan wars would be short, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Thursday. In remarks prepared for ... example of fielding a new, more bomb-resistant armored vehicle for troops on both battlefields. "I ...

  • U.S. urges Iran to change behavior 16 May 2008 02:07 GMT
    ... destabilizing the region in which they live," Pentagon spokesman Geoff Morrell said. Defense Secretary Robert Gates and the rest of the administration ... Iraq to fight against the U.S.-led coalition army. However, Iran has denied the charges and ...

  • Gates names troop protection and care as top priority 16 May 2008 02:01 GMT
    ... WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Defense Secretary Robert Gates said on Thursday he wants to ... in three areas before he leaves the Pentagon -- unmanned aircraft, protective gear for troops ... push for a massive purchase of special armored trucks -- Mine Resistant Ambush Protected vehicles ...

  • Gates: Some in Pentagon still not on 'war footing' 16 May 2008 01:37 GMT
    ... Gates: Some in Pentagon still not on 'war footing' Article Last ... Afghanistan wars would be short, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Thursday. In remarks prepared for ... example of fielding a new, more bomb-resistant armored vehicle for troops on both battlefields. "I ...

  • Gates: Some in Pentagon still not on 'war footing' 16 May 2008 01:35 GMT
    ... WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Pentagon's slow response to wartime challenges such as ... Afghanistan wars would be short, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Thursday. In remarks prepared for ... example of fielding a new, more bomb-resistant armored vehicle for troops on both battlefields. "I ...

  • 'Little Miracles' Treat Combat Stress 15 May 2008 23:27 GMT
    ... disorder who want to stay in the Army, its director reports. The new program is the ... numbers are all in our favor.” Defense Secretary Robert Gates toured the Restoration and Resilience Center ...

  • Bush launches political rocket from Israel 15 May 2008 22:31 GMT
    ... President Bush gestures while addressing the Knesset in ... go crawl under a rock and let intelligent people take care of the real issues. ... have a history of meddling and selling arms to countries who turn around and bite them ...

  • McMaster Gets His Star 15 May 2008 21:35 GMT
    ... McMaster has finally been promoted to Brigadier General after being passed over twice. McMaster is ... the author of a definitive about the Army in Vietnam. He was a supporter and ... circumstances. Kudos should go to Defense Secretary Robert Gates for bringing Petraeus back to Washington ...

  • U.S. Urges Iran to Change Behavior 15 May 2008 20:58 GMT
    ... destabilizing the region in which they live," Pentagon spokesman Geoff Morrell said. Defense Secretary Robert Gates and the rest of the administration ... Iraq to fight against the U.S.-led coalition army. However, Iran has denied the charges and ...

  • House committee amends Military Protective Order process after Maria Lauterbach case 15 May 2008 16:56 GMT
    ... WASHINGTON, D.C. - The House Armed Services Committee passed two amendments last night ... as a result of the case of Marine Lance Corporal Maria Lauterbach who was allegedly ... Turner sent a letter to Defense Secretary Robert Gates calling for a Defense Department investigation ...


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