Defense Secretary Slips on Ice, Breaks Arm
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Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates fell victim to the sheer ice that covered much of the Washington area last night, fracturing his right arm after taking a hard spill outside his District home.
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PRESIDENT BUSH has produced the biggest surprise of his Cabinet reshuffle by asking John Snow to stay on as Treasury Secretary. It had been widely reported that Mr Snow, a former rail executive who took over
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Defense Secretary Robert Gates is getting a lukewarm response to his plea for NATO allies to send more troops and aid for a spring offensive in Afghanistan.
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Looking more subdued than during most of his public appearances at the Pentagon, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld responded to a barrage of criticism Wednesday by saying
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The Defense chief's first press conference marks a change in atmosphere at the Pentagon
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What happened to the honeymoon for Donald Rumsfeld? No sooner did President Bush ask the secretary of defense to stay on for a second term when, suddenly, Rumsfeld is the target of bipartisan criticism.
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Sometimes strident, sometimes  sympathetic, U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates is walking a  fine line in trying to win more public support and troops from  Europe for NATO's war in Afghanistan.
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Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld is taking a step back from initial plans to cut the Army to pay for new technology and a new way of war.
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Karlis Skrastins of the Colorado Avalanche had his NHL-record consecutive games streak among defensemen snapped Sunday night at 495 when he sat out against Anaheim because of a knee injury.
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The time has come for Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld to leave his Pentagon post, either by dismissal or resignation. Two separate reports this week make it clear that Rumsfeld and other top Pentagon officials
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The incoming deputy leader of Senate Democrats demanded answers Saturday from Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld as to why U.S. soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan lack protective equipment for themselves and their vehicles.
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Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld delivered an impassioned defense of himself Wednesday, saying at a Pentagon news conference that U.S. casualties in Iraq affect him profoundly.
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Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates sought to defuse a row between a top Pentagon aide and Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton yesterday over her request for details of plans to withdraw U.S. troops from Iraq.
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Defense Chief Donald H. Rumsfeld Says Airing of Soldier&#39;s Complaint About Lack of Armor Was Healthy. US Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld gives a speech to American troops at Camp Udairi, north of Kuwait City on Wednesday, Dec. 8, 2004.
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U.S. Defense Secretary Donald   Rumsfeld underwent successful elective surgery to repair a   shoulder injury described as "an old athletic injury" at a   military hospital on Tuesday, the Pentagon said.
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KABUL, Afghanistan -- US Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates arrived in Kabul yesterday for his second visit to the Afghan capital since becoming the Pentagon chief, saying that although he believes progress is being made in the country, he wants to ensure there is no slackening of effort.
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Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld gestures during a news conference on Wednesday, Dec. 22, 2004 in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci).