Robert Gates
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Marine base debate clouds US-Japan relations...high-profile and unusually pointed visits intended to pave the way for Obama's visit, Mullen and Defense Secretary Robert Gates bluntly told Tokyo they wanted Japan to sign off on the realignment plan in time for the president's arrival. In this article: United States, Japan, Yukio Hatoyama, Barack Obama, Okinawa, Okinawa, Tokyo, Washington, and Mike Mullen |
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Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | November 11, 2009
Japan Cools to America as It Prepares for Obama Visit
...then was bumped as Rio de Janeiro took the prize. But all of that paled in comparison with the uproar that erupted in Japan after Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates visited Tokyo in October. Mr. Gates, known for speaking bluntly, pressed Mr....
In this article: Japan, Yukio Hatoyama, United States, Robert M. Gates, Okinawa, Washington College, Democratic Party of Japan, and Tokyo
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Reuters | October 31, 2009
Japan foreign minister to meet Clinton over U.S. bases: report
U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates bluntly told Tokyo last month he wanted a 2006 pact that would replace Futenma with a facility in a less crowded part of Okinawa as well as shift 8,000 U.S. Marines to Guam to go ahead as planned. The...
In this article: U.S., Hillary Clinton, Tokyo, Japan, Okinawa, U.S. Marine, Yukio Hatoyama, Barack Obama, and Washington
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The Japan Times: All Stories | November 15, 2009
Does Ozawa run the show as Hatoyama foots the bill?
These officials had warned the Prime Minister's Office that U.S. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates, who came to Tokyo ahead of President Barack Obama's first visit to Japan, would strongly demand prompt implementation of the accord. They...
In this article: Yukio Hatoyama, Ichiro Ozawa, Democratic Party of Japan, Robert M. Gates, Tokyo, Japan, Diet, Liberal Democratic Party, and Washington
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The Washington Post | November 13, 2009
For Holder, much wrestling over decision
...counterproductive." The decision on trials coalesced in Holder's mind Wednesday, at a White House principal's meeting attended by Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates and other top administration officials. But not until Thursday did...
In this article: Eric H. Holder Jr., Detainee, New York, Defense Department, Justice Department, Defendant, Attorney General, Washington, and Manhattan
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Newsweek World News | November 12, 2009
Amid Tensions, Japan Already Won America's Respect
...ally. But the new premier is having none of that. When Gates went to Tokyo, he berated the Japanese for their indecision and insisted they reach a verdict on Okinawa before Obama's arrival. (He even threatened that Tokyo's insistence on the...
In this article: Yukio Hatoyama, Tokyo, Japan, Barack Obama, Washington, Okinawa, United States, State Department, and Asia
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A good time to remember the ANZUS alliance's fate
...GLOSSERMAN HONOLULU - The headlines associated with U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates' recent visit to Japan notwithstanding, relations between Washington and Tokyo are not as strained as they may appear . . . at least not yet. But there is...
In this article: United States, Japan, Tokyo, Barack Obama, Washington, DPJ, and Sato Eisaku
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A new way forward for the U.S. and Japan
...Washington. But Defense Secretary Robert Gates's blunt tone in a Tokyo news conference last month, when he called moving the air station off the island "politically untenable and operationally unworkable," shocked many Japanese. The...
In this article: Japan, Yukio Hatoyama, U.S., Tokyo, Washington, Democratic Party of Japan, E-mail, and Diet
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Robert Michael Gates (born September 25, 1943) is currently serving as the 22nd United States Secretary of Defense. He took office on December 18, 2006. 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. Immediately after being recruited by the CIA, he served as an officer in the United States Air Force. 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 Hamilton, that has studied the Iraq War. He was also the first pick to serve as Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security when it was created following the September 11 attacks, but he declined the appointment in order to remain President of Texas A&M University.
Gates accepted the nomination as Secretary of Defense position 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 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 currently continues to serve as Secretary of Defense in President Barack Obama's cabinet.
- Birth Date:
- September 25, 1943
- Birthplace:
- Wichita, Kansas, United States
- Spouse:
- Becky Gates
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- Political party:
- Republican
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