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| rdfs:comment | - In a 24-0 vote the Armed Services Committee immediately confirmed him after he conclusively proved he is not now nor has he ever been Donald Rumsfeld. When asked by the Committee if the United States is winning the war in Iraq, Gates answered "no." But he also said we are not losing the war in Iraq. So if we are not losing and we are not winning, we must be tying the war in Iraq, and since there are no ties in war, it stands to reason there is no war in Iraq. Mission Accomplished.
- wikipedia Robert Gates
- Robert Michael Gates (born September 25, 1943) is a retired civil servant and university president who served as the 22nd United States Secretary of Defense from 2006 to 2011. Prior to this, Gates served for 26 years in the Central Intelligence Agency and the National Security Council, and under President George H. W. Bush as Director of Central Intelligence. Gates was also an officer in the United States Air Force and during the early part of his military career, he was recruited by the CIA. After leaving the CIA, Gates became president of Texas A&M University and was a member of several corporate boards. Gates also served as a member of the Iraq Study Group, the bipartisan commission co-chaired by James A. Baker III and Lee H. Hamilton, that has studied the Iraq War. He was also the firs
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| term start | - 1986-04-18
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| Alma mater | - Indiana University
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| term end | - 1989-03-20
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| Signature | - Robert Gates Signature 2.svg
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| abstract | - In a 24-0 vote the Armed Services Committee immediately confirmed him after he conclusively proved he is not now nor has he ever been Donald Rumsfeld. When asked by the Committee if the United States is winning the war in Iraq, Gates answered "no." But he also said we are not losing the war in Iraq. So if we are not losing and we are not winning, we must be tying the war in Iraq, and since there are no ties in war, it stands to reason there is no war in Iraq. Mission Accomplished.
- wikipedia Robert Gates
- Robert Michael Gates (born September 25, 1943) is a retired civil servant and university president who served as the 22nd United States Secretary of Defense from 2006 to 2011. Prior to this, Gates served for 26 years in the Central Intelligence Agency and the National Security Council, and under President George H. W. Bush as Director of Central Intelligence. Gates was also an officer in the United States Air Force and during the early part of his military career, he was recruited by the CIA. After leaving the CIA, Gates became president of Texas A&M University and was a member of several corporate boards. Gates also served as a member of the Iraq Study Group, the bipartisan commission co-chaired by James A. Baker III and Lee H. Hamilton, that has studied the Iraq War. He was also the first pick to serve as the first Director of National Intelligence (DNI), but he declined the appointment in order to remain President of Texas A&M University. Gates accepted the nomination for Secretary of Defense on November 8, 2006, replacing Donald Rumsfeld. He was confirmed with bipartisan support. In a 2007 profile written by former National Security Advisor Zbigniew Brzezinski, Time magazine named Gates one of the year's most influential people. In 2008, Gates was named one of America's Best Leaders by U.S. News & World Report. He continued to serve as Secretary of Defense in President Barack Obama's administration. Gates announced in August 2010 that he planned to retire in 2011, and President Barack Obama announced in April 2011 that he would be replaced by CIA director Leon Panetta. “He’ll be remembered for making us aware of the danger of over-reliance on military intervention as an instrument of American foreign policy,” said former Senator David L. Boren. Gates was presented the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation's highest civilian award, by President Obama during his retirement ceremony. On September 6, 2011, Gates was named to be 24th Chancellor of The College of William and Mary; he succeeded Sandra Day O'Connor on February 3, 2012.
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