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The United States will do its part to reduce corruption in Afghanistan by examining its own contracts and projects, even as it is demanding the same from the Afghan government, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Friday.
Defense Secretary Robert Gates commended workers at Oshkosh Corp., telling them Thursday that the military trucks they produce that are being used in Afghanistan are saving soldiers' lives.
Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Thursday he will lead an intensive push for new ways to defuse the threat from homemade bombs, the crude ambush weapons that account for eight in 10 casualties in Afghanistan.
Capitalism is still alive and well, say the world's two richest men, despite lingering shocks from the longest, deepest recession since the Great Depression.
Defense Secretary Robert Gates says armored transport trucks that protect soldiers from roadside bombs are worth every dime spent on them.
Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Thursday that President Barack Obama wants to take the best elements from several options for the next steps in Afghanistan.
The billionaire co-founder of Microsoft is touting what he sees as an investment with enormous returns — the money spent to improve health care in poor countries and the millions of lives saved because of it.
The top 10 foundations making grants for elementary and secondary education programs in 2007, the latest data available.
U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Thursday he will prod NATO allies this week for more economic and security aid to Afghanistan while trying to sidestep the simmering international debate over sending more troops to the fight.
U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Wednesday a runoff election in Afghanistan won't solve the problem of corruption in that nation's government.
U.S. leaders expect Japan's new government to stick with existing agreements between the two nations, America's top defense official said Tuesday amid debate over whether to shutter a U.S. military air field on Okinawa. Japanese officials, however, signaled that they expect flexibility from the U.S.
U.S. leaders expect Japan's new government to stick with already-forged agreements between the two nations, America's top defense official said Tuesday amid debate over whether to shutter a U.S. military air field on Okinawa.
The Obama administration needs to decide on a war strategy for Afghanistan without waiting for a government there to be widely accepted as legitimate, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Monday.
Defense Secretary Robert Gates and Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton say the U.S. goals in Afghanistan haven't changed, despite the debate over what to do next.
Defense Secretary Robert Gates says the U.S. military will not hesitate in carrying out whatever mission President Barack Obama decides on in Afghanistan.
Defense Secretary Robert Gates used to keep a clock on his desk that ticked off the days he had left to serve in the Bush administration.
Defense Secretary Robert Gates says trying to close down the detention center at Guantanamo Bay has proved more complicated than anticipated.
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation is launching a campaign to highlight the U.S. government's efforts to improve global health.
Defense Secretary Robert Gates says the decision to abandon the Bush administration's plans for a land-based missile defense system in Eastern Europe came about because of a change in the U.S. perception of the threat posed by Iran.
Students who might be too glued to their televisions to keep up with homework are going to find channels like MTV, Comedy Central and Nickelodeon prodding them to get on task and graduate.
The Obama administration renewed a threat Monday to veto a $680 billion defense spending bill if it includes money for two separate engines for the next-generation jet fighter, a luxury the Pentagon says it cannot afford.
The Pentagon presented a grim portrait of the Afghanistan war Thursday, offering no assurances about how long Americans will be fighting there or how many U.S. combat troops it will take to win.
The top U.S. commander in Iraq said Tuesday that Iran is still training and equipping Iraqi insurgents but is shifting its focus to influence the upcoming Iraqi elections and exerting "soft power" over its majority-Shiite neighbor.
U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates toured a base in southern Iraq Tuesday where U.S. and Iraqi troops sit side-by-side but he later sidestepped questions about whether American forces might stay beyond their 2012 departure date.
U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates met Tuesday in Iraq's capital with the country's political leaders, including Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, as well as Gen. Ray Odierno, the top U.S. commander there.
Obama Administration Blocks Release of Detainee Abuse PhotosDefense Secretary Robert Gates has blocked the public release of any more pictures of foreign detainees abused by their U.S.
Gates Blocks Photographs of Prisoners The American Civil Liberties Union had sued for the release of 21 color photographs showing prisoners in Afghanistan and Iraq being abused by Americans. Federal courts had rejected the government's arguments to block their release, so Congress gave Mr.
Breaking News!(Video) President Obama's Remarks On Mass Shooting At U.S. Army Base Fort Hood Good support by the President.
The Associated Press: THE INFLUENCE GAME: Bill Gates' sway on ed policyYeah, move it right into Microsoft computers... Go Linux!
Gates nearing his own decision on AfghanistanGates said he was nearing his own decision about the best way to move forward in Afghanistan, as President Barack Obama considers whether to increase troops and revisit his strategy, as requested by Gen. Stanley McChrystal, the top U.S. commander in Afghanistan.
GRADUATION MUSIC I'm going to try to amplify a moment in a speech by a Harvard graduate. The moment appears in the following video. Obama is making a statement about his campaign activities. He starts to say where he has been, but he seems to be unclear in his mind.
Stuck in Kabul, with Saigon blues againPepe Escobar lays out the Afghan situation from the perspective of an opponent to further escalation. Escobar's article "Get Osama! Now! Or else...", was published by Asia Times Online two weeks before the terrorist attacks of 11 September 2001.
Quantcast Tensions rise over Afghanistan war strategyDefense Secretary Robert M. Gates said Monday that President Obama's advisors should keep their guidance private, in effect admonishing the top commander in Afghanistan for publicly advocating an approach requiring more troops even as the White House reassesses its strategy.
Gates blames past lack of troops for Taliban edgeDefense Secretary Robert Gates blamed the Taliban's revival on a past failure to deploy enough troops to Afghanistan and said U.S. forces would not withdraw whatever the result of President Barack Obama's strategy review.
For Obama, no hurry on don't ask, don't tellNational Security Adviser James Jones indicated Sunday that the Obama administration will get to reversing don't ask/ don't tell, "at the right time" but is the administration running away from a political fight and yet again disappointing gay Americans?
Commentary: Obama's mistakes are a warning sign PRINCETON, New Jersey (CNN) -- During the past few months, two events have revealed a side of President Obama that we knew little about.
Very Bad News For AmericaForeign Policy Initiative co-founder Bill Kristol appeared on last night's Hugh Hewitt's radio show, where he said that he now believes "for the first time that Obama will not accept General McChrystal's recommendation in Afghanistan." As though that's not bad enough, he floated …
Video: Secretary Gates tells George Stephanopoulos, "I will sit on McChrystal's report until the President is readyIn this exchange, George Stephanopoulos and Defense Secretary Robert Gates discuss the subject of General McChrystal's Afghan memorandum on the need for 40,000 additional troops and the alternative that we will fail there and lose Afghanistan to al-Qaeda and the Teliban.
General McChrystal's Conundrum in AfghanistanIs the Afghan War already lost? Well, not quite, says the top U.S. commander in Afghanistan, but almost.
Gates: Setting Afghan Withdrawal Deadlines, Exit Strategies Would Be a MistakeWASHINGTON -- Defense Secretary Robert Gates says it's a mistake to set a deadline to end American military action, as some liberals have sought, and that a defeat would be disastrous for the U.S.
Gates says best option on Iran is diplomacy"Defense Secretary Robert Gates says that economic sanctions and diplomacy — not military action — for now appears the best way to force Iran to halt its nuclear program. "
What Have Venture Capitalists Really Done for Innovation?Back in 1986, when Bill Gates was still making sales calls, he pitched my group at First Boston on why we should bet the farm on Windows. Despite the risk involved, we gave his fledgling startup the deal.
General McChrystal Asks Obama for More Troops The top military commander in Afghanistan warns in a confidential assessment of the war there that he needs additional troops within the next year or else the conflict "will likely result in failure."
Gates Op-Ed: A Better Missile Defense for a Safer Europe THE future of missile defense in Europe is secure. This reality is contrary to what some critics have alleged about President Obama's proposed shift in America's missile-defense plans on the continent — and it is important to understand how and why.
New bin Laden Tape Warns on US Support of Isreali Settlements on Palestinian Land and Continuing Afghan WarIn his new tape bin Laden warns that unless the US changes its support of Israel occupying Palestinian lands, and unless the war in Afghanistan ends, the war against America will continue.
"We're White, we're scared, we're angry; get used to it!"
Music HOW LOW CAN YOU GO UPDATE: Van Jones Has Resigned Mark Lloyd is the communist Czar with the FCC. I wrote articles a year and a half ago about Obama's communist associations. Bill Ayers was talked about, written about, and videotaped.
Gates vs. AP over war photo The AP published a photograph of a dying US Soldier despite requests from Defense Seceretary Gates and the fallen hero's family. What do you think?
Gates: AP decision 'appalling' - Yahoo! News on Yahoo! NewsPerhaps it's due to the previous inability to cover these sort of things, but, this is too far in the other direction! Please can we not have some consideration and mercy on the families of our war dead?
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