Will Gates Shake Up the Generals?
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Critics say the top ranks of commanders are filled with "Rumsfeld men." Now the man who replaced Rumsfeld, Robert Gates, must decide how many need to be replaced
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It didn't take long, at his confirmation hearings for Defense Secretary, for Robert Gates to give Senate Democrats some answers they've been desperate for
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The Defense Secretary pushes his generals to field a larger and more aggressive clandestine force
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Hearings are set to begin in the US Congress on the nomination of former CIA chief Robert Gates to be the new US secretary of defense, replacing the embattled Donald Rumsfeld.
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The top U.S. military officer, Gen. Peter Pace, will retire because any attempt to renominate him would have been a "divisive ordeal" focused on Iraq, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said on Friday.
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U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates expressed concern on Thursday about the increasing sophistication of China's military and called on Beijing to be more open about its intentions.
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Will a new president bring big changes for these companies?
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WASHINGTON Aug. 17, 2004  Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld conceded Tuesday that a new, powerful intelligence director could bring &quot;some modest&quot; improvements to efforts to safeguard the nation but warned that any changes must not hurt the flow of ...
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Secretary of State Colin Powell's successor will find a tall list of problems stacked in the in-box.
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By The Pueblo Chieftain, Colo.  Feb. 18--DEFENSE SECRETARY Robert Gates has upped the ante for demilitarizing chemical weapons at Pueblo Chemical Depot and Blue Grass Army Depot in Kentucky.   Last week Sen. Wayne Allard said Mr.
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WASHINGTON - Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld conceded Tuesday that a new, powerful intelligence director could bring "some modest" improvements to efforts to safeguard the nation but warned that any changes must not hurt the flow of information to military commanders...
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The resignation of Colin Powell as secretary of state is not surprising. A general Cabinet shake-up is routine in a second term and it has long been expected Powell would only be a one-term secretary of state.
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A White House laboring to find a new approach in Iraq said Tuesday it is considering sending more U.S. troops, an option that worries top generals because of its questionable payoff and potential backlash. President Bush said he is ready to boost the overall size of an American military overstretched by its efforts against worldwide terrorism.
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While General Petraeus is in no hurry for more than five brigades to leave, Secretary Gates weighs a bigger drawdown.
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Likely cabinet reshuffle may shake up politics after former PM and newcomer knock out current leader.
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Robert Gates, U.S. President George W. Bush's choice to take over the Pentagon, said on Tuesday America was not winning in Iraq and warned the Middle East could explode into violence.
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FORT LEAVENWORTH, Kan. -- When Lieutenant General David Petraeus was reassigned last year from a top command in Iraq to this sprawling Army complex in the heartland where new leaders are trained, many in the military saw it as a move to sideline a potential critic from Pentagon decision-making.