Gates unlikely to make Pentagon changes
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Robert Gates, President Bush's choice to replace Donald H. Rumsfeld as defense secretary, may bring more of a change in style than substance to the Pentagon and the fractious debate over Iraq, judging from his statements and the assessment of associates.
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Exclusive: For the second time, Secretary of Defense Robert Gates is transferring a top-level commander rather than promoting a younger leader--raising eyebrows among military leaders
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Pentagon assessment says long tours keep military from improving ability to respond to new crisis.
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Robert Gates, U.S. President George W. Bush's choice to run the Pentagon, said on Tuesday America was not winning in Iraq and the next year or two would determine whether the Middle East explodes into violence.
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US lawmakers have failed to pass a White House-backed bill that would have made major changes to the country&#39;s intelligence agencies.
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RAWALPINDI, Pakistan  - Defense Secretary Robert Gates said on Monday the United States would not repeat the mistake of neglecting Afghanistan and allowing it to become a haven for Islamic militants.
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Bloomberg - Dec. 4 (Bloomberg) -- Robert Gates, whose last Senate confirmation hearings turned into a partisan confrontation, is likely to face an easier time this week when the Armed Services Committee takes up his nomination to succeed Donald Rumsfeld as U.S. secretary of defense.
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Barely a week after holding tough talks in Russia on a range of divisive issues, Defense Secretary Robert Gates returned to the region Sunday to take up some of the same subjects, including missile defense.
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WASHINGTON -- The US military must improve its planning for postwar operations, Robert M. Gates, the nominee for defense secretary, told a Senate panel.
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U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates declined to comment on Sunday about Friday's U.S. naval strike on targets in Somalia, saying it was possibly an ongoing operation.
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MUNICH, Germany  - Defense Secretary Robert Gates on Sunday dismissed as the blunt talk of an old spy accusations by Russian President Vladimir Putin that the United States sought to force its will on the world.
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The United States is not planning for a war with Iran, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said on Friday.
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A U.S. Senate panel unanimously  recommended on Tuesday approval of the nomination of Robert  Gates, President George W. Bush's nominee to be defense  secretary.
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Chill, Vladimir, we won't switch it on. Promise US defence secretary Robert Gates, seeking to allay Russian concerns, has suggested that European elements of the planned American missile shield might be built but not "activated" unless a threat from Iran developed.â¦
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The United States might delay activating its proposed missile defense sites in Europe until it has "definitive proof" of a missile threat from Iran, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Tuesday.
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Defense Secretary Robert Gates faced the delicate task on Thursday of trying to encourage military cooperation in talks with Japanese leaders while avoiding domestic controversy over a refueling mission.