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Miami Herald - Miami FL, 26 minutes ago / As the last of the 30,000 additional troops that President Barack Obama dispatched to Afghanistan arrived, top American military leaders here conceded Friday that the country's pervasive corruption threatens to undermine the effort to clear communities of insurgents and hand them over to governments that Afghans consider legitimate.
FOX - FOX 13 - Memphis TN, 50 minutes ago / Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Friday he envisions two or three more years of combat operations in Afghanistan before the U.S. transitions to an advisory role, a mission likely to last years more.
United Press International (UPI), 1 hour 53 minutes ago / U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates visited with American troops in Afghanistan Friday, saying he sees progress in the war against insurgents there.
Stars and Stripes - Washington DC, 2 hours 14 minutes ago / Defense Secretary Robert Gates launched into a brutal assessment of the military's health care system, Tricare, this week, calling it a constant source of complaints from troops and badly in need of financial reform in the face of rapidly increasing cost estimates to the federal government.
The Week , 2 hours 17 minutes ago / With a clatter of helicopter blades and a cloud of dust, the man overseeing the US war in Afghanistan came to the new front line on Friday.
FOX - Fox 56 WOLF - Scranton PA, 3 hours 26 minutes ago / Defense Secretary Robert Gates touched down in Kabul Thursday, in a surprise visit to Afghanistan for a lightning round of strategy sessions with top commanders and Afghan President Hamid Karzai.
News from Bangladesh, 3 hours 36 minutes ago / As the last of 30,000 U.S. reinforcements arrive in Afghanistan, U.S. Defence Secretary Robert Gates on Friday got a firsthand look at operations in the dangerous south where Afghan and international troops are ramping up security.
Central Florida News 13 - Orlando FL, 3 hours 52 minutes ago / A candidate in this month's Afghan parliamentary elections was wounded in a grenade attack amid growing political violence and insurgent attacks aimed at sabotaging the polls.
The Daily Star of Bangladesh, 4 hours 11 minutes ago / Afghan President Hamid Karzai has condemned an air strike by Nato-led forces which he said killed 10 election campaign workers, although US officials maintained it was aimed at an Islamist leader.
News from Bangladesh, 4 hours 21 minutes ago / US Defence Secretary Robert Gates struck a positive note Friday about the war in Afghanistan after a day meeting with US soldiers at the "tip of the spear" in the Taliban's heartland.
FT.com, 4 hours 24 minutes ago / With a clatter of helicopter blades and a cloud of dust, the man overseeing the US war in Afghanistan came to the new front line on Friday.
ABC News, 7 hours 2 minutes ago / U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Friday he saw and heard evidence that the U.S. counterinsurgency strategy is taking hold in critical Kandahar province.
First Read, 7 hours 45 minutes ago / As the last of 30,000 U.S. reinforcements arrive in Afghanistan, U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates on Friday got a firsthand look at operations in the dangerous south where Afghan and international troops are ramping up security.
The Ironton Tribune - Ironton OH, 8 hours ago / On Friday, the New York Times noted the unhappiness of Robert Gates when he learned that a request for a dog-handling team in Afghanistan traveled through no fewer than five four-star headquarters.
Oak Ridge Observer - Oak Ridge TN, 10 hours 16 minutes ago / Afghan officials in Kabul and in Takhar Province, where the deaths occurred, said two NATO jets fired twice on a convoy of campaign workers.
Los Angeles Times - Los Angeles CA, 23 hours 58 minutes ago / Afghans on Thursday rushed to withdraw their savings from troubled Kabul Bank despite attempts by officials to reassure nervous depositors that their money was safe.
GCN (PostNewsweek Network), Sep 02, 2010 / The Pentagon has commissioned five teams of defense officials and experts to take on different aspects of realizing plans to cut the Defense Department budget by $100 million in the next five years, according to the Malcolm O'Neill, the Army's top acquisition official.
Gideon Rachman - FT.com, Sep 02, 2010 / When the feel-good part of a trip is the visit to Iraq , you know you're on an interesting journey.
The Seattle Times - Seattle WA, Sep 02, 2010 / U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Thursday that while the fight against corruption must be led by Afghans, the U.S. is working on new ways to prevent millions of American dollars flowing into the nation from underwriting bribery and graft.
Seven News Ltd, Sep 02, 2010 / Afghan President Hamid Karzai strongly condemned an air strike by NATO-led forces which he said killed 10 campaign workers for this month's election, a sour note as U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates arrived for talks.
Telegraph - London - UK, Aug 24, 2010/ The attack comes amid two days of fighting that have killed at least 40 civilians and wounded more than 130 in the capital according to Ali Muse, the head of Mogadishu's ambulance service.
The Seattle Times - Seattle WA, Aug 24, 2010/ A small passenger plane heading to the Mount Everest region crashed in heavy rain Tuesday outside Nepal's capital, killing all 14 people aboard, including four Americans, a Briton and a Japanese national, officials said.
MarketWatch, Aug 24, 2010/ Scottish-headquartered oil exploration group Cairn Energy reported Tuesday that it sharply reduced net losses for the first half of the year, saying its first well in Greenland is showing signs of promise.
The Palm Beach Post - Palm Beach FL, Aug 24, 2010/ World stock markets retreated Tuesday as the strong yen knocked Japanese shares and investors anticipated more bad news from U.S. economic reports this week.
The Daily Mirror - London - UK, Aug 24, 2010/ Two Britons were rescued from a horrifying bus siege in which eight hostages died yesterday after a sacked policeman made a crazed attempt to get his job back.
Robert Michael Gates (born September 25, 1943) is the 22nd and current United States Secretary of Defense.
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