news.yahoo.com - 12/13/2008
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AP - Defense Secretary Robert Gates says he wants Middle East nations to help fight the spread of violent extremism by funding and training Afghan security forces and reaching out more aggressively to the fledgling government in Iraq.
nytimes.com - 12/13/2008
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nytimes.com —
Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates warned that foreign
powers should not try to “test” President-elect Barack Obama...
with a crisis in his first months in office. >
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Gates Warns Against ‘Testing’ Obama
mcclatchydc.com - 12/19/2008
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WASHINGTON — The Defense Department is drawing up
plans to close the Guantanamo Bay military prison in...
anticipation that one of President-elect Barack Obama's first acts will be ordering the closure of the detention center associated with the ...
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Gates orders development of plans to close Guantanamo
openleft.com - 12/9/2008
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Michael Tomasky writing in the Guardian about how
anyone who thought Gates was a bad pick are...
complete idiots: And people who can't see that Obama needs to reassure the political establishment by doing things like re-appointing Robert Gates at the ...
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Viceroy Odierno Decides SOFA Deal Isn't Binding
Newshoggers.com —
... By Cernig
So much for sticking to the agreement.
Despite a summer deadline to pull American combat troops from urban areas, thousands will stay in cities to support and train Iraqis, the top U.S. commander in Iraq said Saturday.
Even with the mandate in the recently approved U.S.-Iraq security agreement, there have been suggestions some troops would not leave urban areas. But Gen. Raymond Odierno was the first military leader to acknowledge some forces would remain at local security stations, as training and mentoring teams. ...
Viceroy Odierno Decides SOFA Deal Isn't Binding
Crooks and Liars —
U.S. Embassy Swimming Pool, Baghdad
So much for sticking to the agreement.
Despite a summer deadline to pull American combat troops from urban areas, thousands will stay in cities to support and train Iraqis, the top U.S. commander in Iraq said Saturday.
Even with the mandate in the recently approved U.S.-Iraq security agreement, there have been suggestions some troops would not leave urban areas. But Gen. Raymond Odierno was the first military leader to acknowledge some forces would remain at local security stations, as ...
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Newsweek: How will Obama get troops out of Iraq? —
msnbc.com: Politics 12/11/2008
Even Secretary of Defense Robert Gates, once an ardent opponent of a firm departure date from Iraq, now feels that the debate isn't over when to leave, but how. But is the exit strategy really any clearer than it was before the passage of the Status ...
Gates warns enemies not to test Obama —
Reuters: Politics 12/13/2008
MANAMA (Reuters) - Defense Secretary Robert Gates warned the United States' enemies on Saturday against trying to take advantage of the early months of the new Washington administration to test U.S. resolve.
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