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  • July 2008

    • Israel to US: Iran Threat Bigger Than You Think

      newser  |  Jerusalem Post (Israel)  |  Jul 11, 08 9:11 AM CDT

      Israel to US: Iran Threat Bigger Than You Think

      In the wake of Iranian missile tests, Israel’s defense minister will visit the US for talks next week to press the case that Tehran poses a serious nuclear threat, the Jerusalem Post reports. Yesterday, Ehud Barak suggested that Israel is ready to attack. "We have proven in the past that we are not deterred from acting when our vital interests are at stake."  More »

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      Iran  • Israel  • Dick Cheney  • Robert Gates  • nuclear weapons  • Ehud Barak

    • Pentagon to Re-Open $35B Air Force Tanker Bid

      newser  |  Associated Press  |  Jul 9, 08 12:16 PM CDT

      Pentagon to Re-Open $35B Air Force Tanker Bid

      The Pentagon will re-open a $35 billion contract to build the Air Force's fleet of new refueling tankers and pick a new winner by the end of the year, congressional sources say. The Office of the Secretary of Defense—not the Air Force—will oversee the new competition between Boeing Co. and a team led by Northrop Grumman Corp. More »

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      Pentagon  • Robert Gates  • Boeing  • Airbus  • Air Force  • Northrop Grumman

    • Bush Could Decide by Weekend to Close Gitmo

      newser  |  ABC News  |  Jul 3, 08 3:55 PM CDT

      Bush Could Decide by Weekend to Close Gitmo

      President Bush could decide by Saturday to close Guantanamo Bay as a prison for high-value detainees, insiders tell ABC. There is “generally wide agreement” among Bush's top advisers—Condoleezza Rice and Robert Gates among them—that Gitmo should eventually be shuttered, but the landmark recent Supreme Court decision undermines the central reason to keep prisoners on the Cuban base—to prevent access to courts. More »

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      George W. Bush  • US Supreme Court  • Condoleezza Rice  • Guantanamo Bay  • Cuba  • Robert Gates  • habeas corpus  • Boumediene v. Bush

    • Pentagon Backtracks, Extends Afghanistan Tours

      newser  |  Associated Press  |  Jul 3, 08 2:57 PM CDT

      Pentagon Backtracks, Extends Afghanistan Tours

      The Pentagon has extended the tour of 2,200 Marines in Afghanistan, after insisting for months the unit would come home on time. The 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, which is doing combat operations in the volatile south, will stay an extra 30 days and come home in early November rather than October, a spokesman confirmed today. More »

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      Afghanistan  • Pentagon  • War on Terror  • Robert Gates  • US Marine Corps  • Afghanistan war  • Defense Secretary

  • June 2008

    • Pakistan Routs Taliban Forces in Major Offensive

      newser  |  CNN  |  Jun 28, 08 1:25 PM CDT

      Pakistan Routs Taliban Forces in Major Offensive

      Pakistan blasted suspected militant hideouts today, launching its biggest offensive against Taliban forces since electing a government last March. The military cleared three militant outposts and forced the insurgents west, CNN reports. For weeks, tensions have mounted between militants and Islamabad, which abandoned its diplomatic strategy as insurgent strikes increased. More »

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      Pakistan  • Afghanistan  • Taliban  • Pentagon  • insurgents  • Robert Gates  • Islamabad

    • Army to Speed High-Tech Gear Into Combat

      newser  |  Popular Mechanics  |  Jun 27, 08 2:33 PM CDT

      Army to Speed High-Tech Gear Into Combat

      The US Army has moved up the timetable for its high-tech weapons program, hoping to get new devices into the field by late 2010, 5 years ahead of its original schedule, Popular Mechanics reports. It’s also shifting focus away from conventional warfare tech like tanks and artillery and toward the communications and unmanned vehicles, including robots, infantry in Iraq and Afghanistan covet. More »

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      Robert Gates  • robots  • weapons  • drones  • Future Combat Systems  • new weapons systems

    • Bush to Ask Congress to Take N. Korea off Terror List

      newser  |  The Washington Note  |  Jun 25, 08 1:13 PM CDT

      Bush to Ask Congress to Take N. Korea off Terror List

      President Bush will ask Congress tomorrow to remove North Korea from the “terrorist watch list,” reports Steve Clemons in the Washington Note, a move meant to build confidence with Kim Jong-Il and China in the quest to bring the North back from its nuclear pariah status. In return, reports the Age, Pyongyang is today to list all its nuclear activities and permanently disable its nuclear reactor. More »

  • May 2008

    • Gates: Junta Aid Delays Killed Thousands

      newser  |  Reuters  |  May 31, 08 6:21 AM CDT

      Gates: Junta Aid Delays Killed Thousands

      Tens of thousands of Burmese have died because of their government's refusal to allow in foreign aid after Cyclone Nargis, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said yesterday. Gates accused the military leaders of being "deaf and dumb" to the plight of their people, Reuters reports. American ships in the region have not been allowed to deliver relief supplies to Burma. More »

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      Burma  • Myanmar  • Robert Gates  • Cyclone Nargis  • cyclone  • junta  • aid  • Irrawaddy Delta

    • 'Sorry' Gates: We Let Down Our Soldiers

      newser  |  Reuters  |  May 2, 08 7:04 AM CDT

      'Sorry' Gates: We Let Down Our Soldiers

      Defense Secretary Robert Gates admitted yesterday that the US military made mistakes in taking care of soldiers back from Afghanistan and Iraq, reports Reuters. He said he regretted that veterans had received inadequate care for physical and mental problems, particularly those suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder. Gates also acknowledged that not all returning soldiers have obtained suitable housing. More »

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      US military  • Robert Gates  • veterans  • PTSD  • Iraq veterans  • veterans' health care  • Afghanistan veterans

  • April 2008

    • New Ship a 'Reminder' to Iran: Gates

      newser  |  Reuters  |  Apr 30, 08 6:36 AM CDT

      New Ship a 'Reminder' to Iran: Gates

      A second US aircraft carrier steamed into the Persian Gulf yesterday, which Robert Gates says Iran should see as a "reminder." The defense secretary denied that the deployment of another ship in the Gulf amounted to an escalation of American forces in the area, Reuters reports, but hoped to get Tehran's attention with the extra vessel's presence. More »

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      Iran  • US military  • Robert Gates  • US Navy  • Persian Gulf  • aircraft carrier

    • US Preparing Iran War Plans

      newser  |  Washington Post  |  Apr 25, 08 2:40 PM CDT

      US Preparing Iran War Plans

      The US is preparing for a potential military action against Iran, the nation’s top military official said today. Such an attack would be “extremely stressing” on the military, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said, but it is on the table if a diplomatic solution can’t stop Iran’s alleged hunt for nuclear weapons and involvement in Iraq, the Washington Post reports. More »

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      Iran  • US military  • Robert Gates  • Air Force  • Navy  • Joint Chiefs of Staff  • Michael Mullen

    • Gates to USAF: Straighten Up and Fly Right

      newser  |  Washington Post  |  Apr 21, 08 4:46 PM CDT

      Gates to USAF: Straighten Up and Fly Right

      Robert Gates chided the Air Force today for being slow to change and for not providing enough help in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Addressing American and international student officers in Alabama, the defense secretary said getting the USAF to adapt, particularly in the use of drone aircraft, has been "like pulling teeth," the Washington Post reports. More »

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      Iraq  • Afghanistan  • US military  • Robert Gates  • Air Force  • defense secretary

    • Sadr City Fight Kills 13; Insurgents Vow to Fight On

      newser  |  Reuters  |  Apr 12, 08 12:57 PM CDT

      Sadr City Fight Kills 13; Insurgents Vow to Fight On

      US and Iraqi forces clashed with Shiite insurgents in fierce fighting overnight near Baghdad’s Sadr City, Reuters reports, as authorities lifted a blockade in some areas that had been stifling the region. At least 13 militiamen loyal to cleric Moqtada al-Sadr were killed in the clashes in the Iraqi slum, but no American or Iraqi troops were seriously injured. More »

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      Iraq  • Nouri al-Maliki  • Robert Gates  • Muqtada al-Sadr  • Sadr City  • Shiite militants  • Najaf  • blockade

    • Bush to Shorten Iraq Tours, Halt Drawdowns

      newser  |  Washington Post  |  Apr 10, 08 4:00 AM CDT

      Bush to Shorten Iraq Tours, Halt Drawdowns

      President Bush is expected to announce today that the drawdown of US troops in Iraq will be suspended—once forces reach their presurge level in July—because of a resurgence of fighting, reports the Washington Post . The decision, urged by Gen. David Petraeus, means the number of troops in Iraq could remain at their presurge levels until the end of the Bush presidency. More »

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      Iraq war  • David Petraeus  • Robert Gates  • deployment  • troop levels  • troop drawdown

    • On Iraq, Petraeus Has Bush's Ear

      newser  |  Washington Post  |  Apr 6, 08 1:10 PM CDT

      On Iraq, Petraeus Has Bush's Ear

      George Bush and top Iraq commander David Petraeus have a close relationship unusual for wartime presidencies, the Washington Post reports. The president skips over several middlemen, including Defense Secretary Robert Gates, to speak directly and regularly with Petraeus, and has fully deferred to the general on controversial Iraq decisions. But some top officials worry that the views of one man are trumping their own. More »

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      George W. Bush  • Iraq war  • Bush administration  • US military  • David Petraeus  • Robert Gates  • military strategy

    • Combat Tours to Be Cut

      newser  |  Associated Press  |  Apr 5, 08 5:20 AM CDT

      Combat Tours to Be Cut

      American troops in Iraq and Afghanistan are to have their combat tours cut from 15 months to 12 beginning late this summer. The White House plans a formal announcement next week, an insider told the AP. Tours were lengthened last year to boost troop levels in Iraq, and the Army has warned that the "unsustainable" extended deployments are wearing down its soldiers. More »

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      Iraq  • Afghanistan  • US military  • David Petraeus  • US Army  • troop withdrawal  • Robert Gates  • deployment  • Gen. George Casey

    • Don't Ask, Don't Tell, Don't Fly?

      newser  |  Politico  |  Apr 1, 08 1:54 PM CDT

      Don't Ask, Don't Tell, Don't Fly?

      Nancy Pelosi acted to have a gay Congresswoman's domestic partner included on a military flight to Europe, and the question of government acknowledgment of same-sex partners continues to reverberate, the Politico reports. Tammy Baldwin’s partner took the March fact-finding trip, but Pelosi and Robert Gates are at odds over whether the waiver means the Defense Department or the House granted an exception. More »

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      military  • gay marriage  • Nancy Pelosi  • Robert Gates  • same-sex marriage  • Barney Frank  • domestic partnership

  • March 2008

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