U.S. not winning in Iraq: Pentagon nominee Gates
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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 war would determine whether the Middle East faced a "regional conflagration."
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Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates said yesterday that the mission of private security contractors guarding individuals in Iraq is fundamentally at odds with the broader U.S. military objective of stabilizing Iraq, and that changes would be required to reconcile them.
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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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Defense Secretary Robert Gates on Thursday criticized security contractors in Iraq as Baghdad piled more pressure on the State Department to pull the Blackwater firm out of Iraq after deadly shootings last month.
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Robert M. Gates testified that the U.S. was not winning in Iraq and that failure could ignite ÃÂa regional conflagration.ÃÂ
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With Iraq sliding into civil war, TIME looks at the tough choices facing Bob Gates
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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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The United States should be able to withdraw five combat brigades from Iraq by mid-2008 because troops have held onto security gains made this year, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said on Friday.
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Defense Secretary Robert Gates was cautious in his assessment of progress in the war as he prepared to meet Saturday with top U.S. military and civilian officials and the country's prime minister.
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The United States should be able to withdraw five combat brigades from Iraq by mid-2008 because troops have held onto security gains made this year, U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates said on Friday.
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Robert Gates, President Bush's choice to take over the Defense Department while the Iraq war rages, met Thursday with three Democratic senators who will be asked to vote on his confirmation next week.
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Robert Gates, seemingly clinching confirmation as the new secretary of defense, said Tuesday the United States is not winning in Iraq and he's confident President Bush will listen to his ideas about forging a new war strategy.
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BAGHDAD, Dec. 12 -- The outgoing top U.S.  operational commander in Iraq said on Tuesday that military might alone would not win the war  and that the withdrawal of U.S. troops would not happen quickly.
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Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates took the oath of office yesterday, warning that the nation cannot afford failure in Iraq and promising that the war there will be his top priority.
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Robert Gates, President George W. Bush's choice to take over the Pentagon as the Iraq war grinds on, goes before the Senate Armed Services Committee on Tuesday for what is expected to be quick hearing before likely Senate confirmation later this week.
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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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Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates backed away slightly yesterday from his Friday statement that U.S. troop levels in Iraq could go as low as 100,000 by the end of next year, and he signaled that the Bush administration would go into a wait-and-see mode on Iraq for another six months.