
Former Defense Secretary Robert Gates argued the US “can do more” against ISIS, and “we have, all along, underestimated ISIS” on Friday’s “Your World with Neil Cavuto” on the Fox News Channel. Gates said, “I think we can do more.
by Ian Hanchett20 Nov 2015, 6:03 PM PST0

Former Secretary of Defense Robert Gates had some harsh words for President Obama’s $500 million plan to arm and train a tiny unit of carefully-vetted “moderate” Syrian rebels and send them into battle against the Assad regime, ISIS, and al-Qaeda.
by John Hayward19 Oct 2015, 10:18 PM PST0

Former Defense Secretary Robert Gates said President Obama distrusted the military, and “this was particularly true in Afghanistan” in an interview that was taped earlier in the week and broadcast on Thursday’s “Special Report” on the Fox News Channel. Gates
by Ian Hanchett15 Oct 2015, 6:27 PM PST0

The family of fallen Iraq war hero Marine Sgt. Rafael Peralta accepted the nation’s second-highest award for valor, the Navy Cross, on his behalf nearly a decade after the Pentagon denied him the Medal of Honor.
by Edwin Mora9 Jun 2015, 5:23 PM PST0

Former Defense Secretary Robert Gates declared “we don’t have a strategy at all” in the Middle East on Tuesday’s “Morning Joe” on MSNBC. Gates said, “Well, first of all, I think that we don’t have — given the environment that
by Ian Hanchett19 May 2015, 9:59 AM PST0

Monday on PBS’s “Charlie Rose Show,” former defense secretary Robert Gates said he is “worried” his former boss President Barack Obama wants the nuclear deal with Iran too much. Gates said,”I think anybody who was ever engaged in negotiation knows
by Pam Key18 May 2015, 5:21 PM PST0

Sunday on CBS’s “Face The Nation,” former Secretary of Defense Robert Gates said former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s practice of keeping her email server at home while doing official State Department communications is “a concern” and a “risky way
by Pam Key17 May 2015, 11:38 AM PST0

Several ex-national security leaders have joined forces to argue that pushing through President Barack Obama’s trade agenda is good for national security—even though it would hurt American manufacturing, could increase the already-record-high trade deficit and likely add to the national debt.
by Matthew Boyle7 May 2015, 12:31 PM PST0

Former Secretary of Defense Robert Gates criticized President Obama’s goal to destroy the Islamic State (ISIS or ISIL) jihadist group as “unrealistic” and “unattainable.”
by Edwin Mora2 Feb 2015, 12:37 PM PST0

Sunday on NBC’s “Meet the Press,” Robert M. Gates, who served both President George W. Bush and President Barack Obama as secretary of defense said since we have been fighting al Qaeda and the Taliban for over a decade, to
by Pam Key1 Feb 2015, 8:05 PM PST0

Sunday on NBC’s “Meet the Press,” former Secretary of Defense Robert Gates was asked what question he would ask potential presidential candidates, he said the greatest presidents were all men who “never considered themselves the smartest guy in the room.”
by Pam Key1 Feb 2015, 11:25 AM PST0