Topic - Robert Gates

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  U.S. to keep 11 aircraft carriers to show sea power

  Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta on Saturday told sailors aboard the country's oldest aircraft carrier that the U.S. is committed to maintaining a fleet of 11 of the formidable warships despite budget pressures, in part to project sea power against Iran.

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  DE BORCHGRAVE: Calculating the costs of war

  L eon E. Panetta's first major ad- dress as defense secretary was c clearly designed to be magisterial, the credo of the Free World, still headed by the United States, cognizant of its worldwide responsibilities, albeit with much budgetary belt-tightening. He didn't mention the two wasteful wars that had little to do with defending Western civilization.

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  Air Force employee resigns over alleged spy ring

  A man accused of running an illegal contractor spy ring in Afghanistan has resigned from the Air Force, still maintaining his innocence, and still facing possible criminal charges.

• Kim Delaney escorted from Philadelphia podium

  Kim Delaney, star of the television show "Army Wives," had to be escorted from the podium at an event in Philadelphia after struggling to read her speech from a teleprompter.

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  Marine Corps general supports F-35 program

  The commandant of the Marine Corps on Wednesday said that the much-maligned Joint Strike Fighter Program will play an essential role in preserving America's military force in the future.

• Former defense chief Robert Gates has book deal

  Former Secretary of Defense Robert Gates has a book deal.

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  Panetta: U.S. within reach of defeating al Qaeda

  The U.S. and its allies are within reach of defeating al Qaeda after killing Osama bin Laden and gaining new insights about the terrorist group's other leading figures, new U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said Saturday.

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  AP: Pentagon's second-ranking official quitting

  In a further shake-up of U.S. defense leaders, the Pentagon's second-ranking official said Thursday he intends to resign but has agreed to stay on the job until Defense Secretary Leon Panetta chooses a successor.

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  Panetta sworn in as Obama's 2nd Pentagon chief

  A day after stepping down as CIA director, Leon Panetta was sworn in Friday as secretary of defense. He began settling into the job by telling members of the military and their families they are "at the top of my agenda."

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  Obama praises Gates on Pentagon chief's last day

  Praising him as “one of our nation's finest public servants,” President Obama honored retiring Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates on Thursday with the Medal of Freedom for his service to eight presidents, most recently overseeing two wars for more than four years at the helm of the Pentagon.

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  Gates' tenure successful, contradictory

  Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates leaves office Thursday popular with the liberal Washington establishment, but not so with conservatives chafed by his budget cutting and his enthusiastic support for open gays in the ranks.

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  Obama likely to cut 10K troops from Afghanistan

  President Obama is expected to withdraw roughly 10,000 U.S. troops from Afghanistan this year, with about 5,000 forces leaving this summer and an additional 5,000 Americans coming home by the end of the year, a senior U.S. defense official said Tuesday.

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  GAFFNEY: Gates' choice

  In this space a few weeks ago, we discussed the peculiar case of outgoing Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates. He has spent the past month warning about where the U.S. security posture is headed if President Obama has his way on further budget cuts, if forces are withdrawn from Afghanistan prematurely and if many of the NATO allies continue to shirk their responsibilities toward the common defense. "Headed south" would be a charitable characterization of his assessment of that direction.

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  Gates blasts NATO, questions future of alliance

  America's military alliance with Europe — the cornerstone of U.S. security policy for six decades — faces a "dim, if not dismal" future, U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Friday in a blunt valedictory address.

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  Panetta: Iraq will ask for some U.S. troops to stay

  Leon Panetta, President Barack Obama's choice to head the Pentagon, predicted on Thursday that Iraq will ask the United States to keep some American forces in that country beyond year's end, the current departure date.

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