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Defense Secretary: Libyans -- Not US Military -- Must Remove Gadhafi
By Sharon Weinberger - AOL NewsIt will be up to Libyan opposition forces, not the U.S. military, to remove Moammar Gadhafi from power, Defense Secretary Robert Gates told the House Armed Services Committee today. "Deposing the Gadhafi regime, as welcome as that eventuality would be, is not part of the military mission," Gates said. "In my view, the removal of Col. Gadhafi will likely be achieved over time through political and economic measures and by his own people." Carolyn Kaster, AP U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates told the House Armed Services Committee on Thursday that deposing Moammar Gadhafi's regime ...
MTV College Network's Man of the Year: Robert Gates
By Mara Gay - AOL NewsCollege students are going crazy for ... Robert Gates? MTV's college network, mtvU, has named the secretary of defense its Man of the Year for helping overturn the military's "don't ask, don't tell" policy and changing the establishment from within. In a statement on its website, the network called the 67-year-old former CIA agent a "beacon of reason in a sea of polarizing soundbytes." It also praised him for standing up for the country's troops: "He inherited two wars that have deeply divided college students nationwide, but Secretary Gates and the college audience have always been in ...
Battle of the Branches: Tough Times for Separation of Powers
By Andrew Cohen - Politics DailyLast week generated an unusual confluence of legal stories that together highlight the fragility of the constitutional (and practical) walls designed to separate the functions of the different branches of government. In each instance, functionaries of one branch poached on territory set aside for another; in each case, there was a swift reaction from tribunes defending their turf. Part One: Legislative encroachment upon traditional executive power. On Thursday, U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder blasted federal lawmakers in the House of Representatives for passing legislation that would block ...
Obama to Senate: Repeal 'Don't Ask' Policy Now
By David Knowles - AOL News(Nov. 30) -- For the president of the United States, the writing is now on the wall. That writing, of course, comes in the form of the report that President Barack Obama commissioned from the Department of Defense to assess the consequences of ending the military's ban on homosexual soldiers from serving openly. After the Pentagon report was released today, and Secretary of Defense Robert Gates told a congressional committee that there was no credible reason to delay ending "don't ask, don't tell," Obama issued a strongly worded statement calling on the U.S. Senate to follow the House's lead ...
What Should Be Done About WikiLeaks? 3 Countries Respond
By Dana Chivvis - AOL News(Aug. 18) -- Ever since WikiLeaks dominated headlines in April with publication of a classified military video retitled "Collateral Murder," a fractious debate over whether the group is helping or harming society has been taking place. Governments are employing various approaches to dealing with the group and its founder, Julian Assange, an Australian national who travels constantly, keeping the details of his whereabouts and WikiLeaks' inner-workings a well-guarded secret. Here are the latest actions they've taken: United States The United States government condemned WikiLeaks for ...
Gates Faces a Ton of Work Before He Leaves Pentagon
By Andrea Stone - AOL NewsWASHINGTON (Aug. 16) -- Robert Gates has a lot on his to-do list: Wind down two wars. Trim a bloated budget. Push through a nuclear treaty. End the ban on openly gay service members. And convince himself that this time he really will retire. The man who has served two presidents of different parties as secretary of defense told Foreign Policy magazine he expects to leave his post as early as January but most certainly by the end of 2011. Others have reported that Gates intends to depart next spring. Susan Walsh, AP Defense Secretary Robert Gates listens to a question while speaking before ...
Highlights and Lowlights of Robert Gates' Career [TIMELINE]
By Dana Chivvis - AOL News(Aug. 16) -- Secretary of Defense Robert Gates announced recently that he would be retiring from his position in 2011. His decades of government service have been marked with incredible successes. His involvement in the Iran-Contra scandal in the 1980s is the main tarnish on an otherwise shining career. Surge Desk looks at some of the highlights and lowlights on Gates' resume. 1966: Joins CIA Gates spent nearly 27 years in the intelligence community. He's the only career officer in CIA history to climb his way up from entry level to the director's seat. 1974 to 1979: Works on the National ...
Robert Gates to Retire in 2011: Three Dilemmas He Leaves Behind
By Katie Drummond - AOL News(Aug. 16) -- Robert Gates, the U.S. defense secretary since 2006 and a key player in shaping the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, hopes to retire from his post sometime in 2011. That's the most immediately attention-grabbing detail revealed over at Foreign Policy, in a profile that recounts Gates' unlikely decision to stay on following the end of President George W. Bush's tenure in the White House. "I really didn't want to be asked," he told Foreign Policy. "[But] if I were asked, I would say, 'Yes.' In the middle of two wars, kids out there getting hurt and dying, there was no way that I was ...
Why Gates Wanted McChrystal to Stay On in Afghanistan
By Carl Franzen - Politics DailyTo be sure, the decision to replace resigning Gen. Stanley McChrystal with Gen. David Petraeus on Wednesday was widely interpreted by the punditry to be a pragmatic and effective one, if not a stroke of genius. Today, however, an unnamed senior Pentagon official revealed to CNN that not everyone within the Obama administration thought as much. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates reportedly lobbied hard for the president to keep McChrystal as commander in Afghanistan, even though he too was "furious" at the general for the conduct he and his staff displayed in the bombshell Rolling Stone ...
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