Robert Gates, a former U.S. defense secretary, has told the Senate Armed Services Committee that he believes Congress should not rely on war funds to circumvent defense spending limits for fiscal 2016, The Hill
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Former Defense Secretary Robert Gates has urged lawmakers balance the national budget and noted his belief that sequestration has negatively impacted national security and military readiness, Military Times reported Thursday. Joe Gould writes
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Former Defense Secretary Robert Gates has revealed that French operatives have been stealing technological information from American businessmen for years, Politico reported Thursday. Philip Ewing writes the U.S. foreign policy expert described
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The White House’s defense budget proposal for fiscal year 2015 includes increases to out-of-pocket costs for beneficiaries under the Tricare military healthcare system, Federal News Radio reported Tuesday. Michael O’Connell writes the
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Robert Gates, defense secretary from 2006 to 2011, has been nominated as national president-elect of the Boy Scouts of America and an executive committee member for the organization’s national executive board. The former
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Former Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates said in a panel Monday that to solve sequestration, both political parties should act like adults and compromise, the Washington Post reports. Speaking at an event
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In an interview with CNN’s John King, Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates touched on a wide range of issues on areas such as the current U.S. relationship with Pakistan, the number of
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According to a recent blog post on DoDLive, Admiral Mike Mullen “fully supports” the findings of the Nuclear Posture Review. He writes, “We believe it provides us and our field commanders the
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U.S. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates met with British defense leader Liam Fox in London and discussed the funding of their evolving military strategies in the midst of weak financial economic conditions.
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Gates is the 22nd secretary of defense for the Department of Defense. He is the only secretary of defense who has ever been asked to remain in office by a new president.
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