War News Updates (Free subscription) | 03/11/2009
U.S. Air Force Lt. Gen. Edward A. Rice Jr., commander of U.S. Forces Japan, greets Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates upon his arrival in Tokyo at Haneda Airport, Oct. 20, 2009. Gates is in Japan to meet with Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama and Japanese Defense Minister Toshimi Kitazawa. DoD photo by U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Jerry Morrison From The Christian Science Monitor:...
San Fransisco Chronicle (Free subscription) | 03/11/2009
The defense secretary and attorney general are opposing an attempt to prohibit Guantanamo detainees from having civilian trials in the United States. Defense Secretary Robert Gates and Attorney General Eric Holder said in an Oct. 30 letter that they want the... United States - Robert Gates - Eric Holder - United States Secretary of Defense - Attorney general
Sify (Free subscription) | 03/11/2009
The defense secretary and attorney general are opposing an attempt to prohibit Guantanamo detainees from having civilian trials in the United States.Defense Secretary Robert Gates and Attorney General Eric Holder said in an Oct. 30 letter that they want the option of having trials by military commission or civilian courts.A measure sponsored by Republican Sens. Lindsey Graham and John...
Boston Globe (Free subscription) | 03/11/2009
WASHINGTON—The defense secretary and attorney general are opposing an attempt to prohibit Guantanamo detainees from having civilian trials in the United States.Defense Secretary Robert Gates and Attorney General Eric Holder said in an Oct. 30 letter that they want the option of having trials by military commission or civilian courts.A measure sponsored by Republican Sens. Lindsey Graham...
Christian Science Monitor (Free subscription) | 02/11/2009
Pentagon chief Robert Gates is the swing vote in Obama's decision on the Afghanistan war.
Minstrel Boy (Free subscription) | 08/11/2009
... How can that be? Visiting the F-35 plant in Fort Worth, Texas last August, Secretary of D Robert Gates assured us that the F-35 will be “less than half the price … of the F-22.” In a narrow sense, Gates is right. At a breathtaking $65 billion for 187 aircraft, the F-22 consumes $350 million for each plane. At $299 billion for 2,456, the F-35 would seem a...
War News Updates (Free subscription) | 07/11/2009
From The Cable/Foreign Policy: There are increasing signs the administration is wrapping up its Afghanistan strategy review and planning a rollout toward the end of the week beginning November 16, immediately after President Obama and other top officials return from Asia. Reliable sources tell The Cable that the review has entered its final stages, with Defense Secretary Robert Gates...
Globo Diplo (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
Reliable sources tell The Cable that the review has entered its final stages, with Defense Secretary Robert Gates and National Security Advisor Jim Jones now taking the lead and putting on the final touches. And the administration sent a team to Brussels this week to consult with all 43 member nations of the International Security Assistance [...]
Raw Story (Free subscription) | yesterday
... 11 attacks. The Senate last week backed a plan — supported by Holder and Defense Secretary Robert Gates — to have the option of prosecuting September 11 terrorists, such as accused mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, in either federal courts or by a military commission. "We are committed to bring to justice people who have committed crimes against our nation and we will do so consistent...
Miami Herald (Free subscription) | yesterday
... 11 attacks.The Senate last week backed a plan - supported by Holder and Defense Secretary Robert Gates - to have the option of prosecuting September 11 terrorists, such as accused mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, in either federal courts or by a military commission. "We are committed to bring to justice people who have committed crimes against our nation and we will do so consistent...
kansascity.com (Free subscription) | yesterday
... 11 attacks.The Senate last week backed a plan - supported by Holder and Defense Secretary Robert Gates - to have the option of prosecuting September 11 terrorists, such as accused mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, in either federal courts or by a military commission."We are committed to bring to justice people who have committed crimes against our nation and we will do so consistent...
Boston Globe (Free subscription) | yesterday
... 11 attacks.The Senate last week backed a plan -- supported by Holder and Defense Secretary Robert Gates -- to have the option of prosecuting September 11 terrorists, such as accused mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, in either federal courts or by a military commission."We are committed to bring to justice people who have committed crimes against our nation and we will do so consistent...
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | yesterday
... 11 attacks.The Senate last week backed a plan - supported by Holder and Defense Secretary Robert Gates - to have the option of prosecuting September 11 terrorists, such as accused mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, in either federal courts or by a military commission."We are committed to bring to justice people who have committed crimes against our nation and we will do so consistent...
USA Today (Free subscription) | yesterday
... and reports of widespread fraud.Aug. 30: McChrystal sends 66-page report to Defense Secretary Robert Gates arguing that 40,000 more troops be sent to Afghanistan or the U.S. will lose the war.September-October: Obama reviews McChrystal's report and holds meetings with senior military and foreign-policy advisers.Oct. 20: Ceding to pressure from the U.S., Karzai agrees to a Nov. 7 runoff...
Seattle Times (Free subscription) | yesterday
... 11 attacks.The Senate last week backed a plan - supported by Holder and Defense Secretary Robert Gates - to have the option of prosecuting September 11 terrorists, such as accused mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, in either federal courts or by a military commission."We are committed to bring to justice people who have committed crimes against our nation and we will do so consistent...
