GOP reprises ’90s scandal playbook
With zero self-awareness, Beltway conservatives and journalists are salivating over a return to Clinton scandals
Monday, May 13, 2013 7:39 PM UTC 121News Editor's Picks, Bill Clinton
Robert Gates
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Robert Gates: I would have handled Benghazi the same way
Criticism of the military response shows a "cartoonish impression of military capabilities," Gates said VIDEO
Monday, May 13, 2013 1:28 PM UTCPolitics Video, Robert Gates
Was ending the draft a mistake?
Without conscription war has become an abstraction, enabling a new "era of persistent conflict"
Friday, May 10, 2013 12:00 AM UTC 148Politics Richard Nixon, U.S. Military
Robert Reich: Chained CPI makes no sense for seniors
The former secretary of labor explains why Social Security cuts could prove disastrous VIDEO
Wednesday, Apr 24, 2013 3:32 PM UTCBusiness Video, Robert Gates, Chained CPI
7 absurd ways the military wastes taxpayer dollars
If you thought the Petraeus scandal was embarrassing, wait 'til you hear how much is spent on military golf courses
Wednesday, Dec 12, 2012 4:10 PM UTC 35Politics AlterNet, U.S. Military, Colorado
Trials begins for US soldier who massacred 16 Afghans
Robert Bales appeared to kill the civilians with premeditated intent VIDEO
Wednesday, Nov 7, 2012 1:44 AM UTCNews Video, aol_on, Middle East
Gates: Pakistan arrests for CIA help are reality
While Gates did not directly confirm the reports, he is telling senators that "most governments lie to each other"
Wednesday, Jun 15, 2011 4:27 PM UTCPolitics Pakistan, War Room, CIA
Gates says NATO alliance in danger of breaking
Retiring defense secretary says strategic alliance's future is "dim, if not dismal"
Wednesday, Jun 15, 2011 1:42 PM UTC 19News Robert Gates, U.S. Military
Gates blasts NATO, questions future of alliance
"Future U.S. political leaders ... may not consider the return on America's investment in NATO worth the cost"
Friday, Jun 10, 2011 11:34 AM UTC 31News Robert Gates
Gates: No U.S. “rush for the exits” in Afghanistan
Defense secretary spoke after NATO secretary-general said July troop withdrawals will not affect Afghan security
Thursday, Jun 9, 2011 12:46 PM UTCNews Afghanistan, Barack Obama
Gates says Iraq can keep some US troops
Defense Secretary Gates told Iraqis they must decide whether they want a continued US military presence or not
Thursday, Apr 7, 2011 1:01 PM UTCNews Iraq, Iraq war, Robert Gates
Lessons of Libya
Odyssey Dawn unmasks unspoken and uncomfortable realities at the twilight of American empire
Friday, Apr 1, 2011 11:01 AM UTC 31Politics Libya, Africa, Barack Obama
Gates: No ground troops while “I am in this job”
The Defense Secretary nixed American involvement, saying "somebody else" could train Libyan opposition fighters
Thursday, Mar 31, 2011 4:20 PM UTCNews Libya, Africa, Middle East
Taking the “war” out of air war
What US air power is actually doing in the War on Terror
Thursday, Mar 17, 2011 5:30 PM UTC 24Politics Afghanistan, Barack Obama, Iraq
The Arab lobby
How the tiny kingdom of Bahrain strong-armed the President of the United States into opposing democracy
Tuesday, Mar 15, 2011 5:16 PM UTC 13Politics Middle East, War Room, Africa
Petraeus, Gates caught joking about Libya
"You gonna launch some attacks on Libya or something?"
Monday, Mar 7, 2011 11:12 PM UTC 63News Viral Video, Afghanistan
What our Secretaries of Defense keep getting wrong
Gates still doesn't understand the real mistake we made in Afghanistan and Iraq: sending troops in at all
Monday, Mar 7, 2011 7:20 PM UTC 21Politics Robert Gates, War Room
Kucinich wants to visit Wikileaks suspect Bradley Manning
Congressman says he is concerned over reports that Bradley Manning is being held in overly harsh conditions
Friday, Feb 4, 2011 11:37 PM UTCNews WikiLeaks
McCain embarrasses self at “don’t ask, don’t tell” hearing
The Senate Maverick can't invent new excuses to oppose equality fast enough
Thursday, Dec 2, 2010 5:01 PM UTC 133Politics Don't Ask Don't Tell, War Room
Pentagon review: Troops basically fine with gay people
With the report finished, Secretary Gates urges Congress to repeal "don't ask, don't tell" while opponents scramble
Tuesday, Nov 30, 2010 8:01 PM UTC 52Politics Don't Ask Don't Tell, War Room
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