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• Countdown: More Political Problems for the Pentagon?

  Published: July 27, 2007, 12:01 pm

  Tags: Oversight, Robert Gates, Wesley Clark, Countdown Keith Olbermann

  about Defense Secretary Robert Gates’ response to Sen. Hillary Clinton, the games the Pentagon is playing with Congress’s attempts of oversight, ostensibly on the say-so of the White House and the tragic story unfolding surrounding Pat Tillman’s death.

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• Friends To The End Dept.: Saudis Might Acknowledge Existence of Iraq

  Published: August 1, 2007, 10:44 am

  Tags: Condoleezza Rice, Diplomacy, Friends To The End Dept, Iraq, Robert Gates, Saudi Arabia

  Our best friends the Saudis are doing us yet another solid — such bros they are! They might, maybe, if they feel like it, upgrade diplomatic relations with that little experiment we’re...

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• 'Somewhat Discouraging'

  Published: August 2, 2007, 4:51 pm

  Tags: Iraq Robert Gates

  Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates said today that he was discouraged by the departure of the major Sunni Arab bloc from Iraq’s coalition government, and noted that the Bush administration may have misjudged the difficulty of achieving reconciliation among Iraq’s sectarian factions. In one of his bluntest assessments of the

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• Gates goes off message

  Published: August 3, 2007, 8:20 am

  Tags: Robert Gates, Iraq

  the memo. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates said Thursday that he was discouraged by the resignation of the Sunnis from Iraq's cabinet and that the Bush administration might have misjudged the difficulty of achieving reconciliation between Iraq's sectarian factions. In one of his bluntest assessments of the progress of the administration's Iraq

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• Gates says that even though you can't trust anything we've ever said Here's Petraeus!

  Published: August 6, 2007, 7:27 pm

  Tags: Robert Gates, Iraq, Meet The Press Tim Russert, War Coverage

  Gates made an appearance on MTP Sunday and parroted the same propaganda line that O’Hanlon and Kristol are using—it’s just that he can’t deliver them quite as effectively. As Timmeh notes, everything this administration and their puppet propagandists have feed the American people about the war has been WRONG—so why

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• "Cost Effective" Support For The Troops

  Published: August 23, 2007, 2:07 am

  Tags: Robert Gates, Pentagon, Iraq, Ieds, Mrap, Mrapv

  with Defense Secretary Robert Gates: Q: So how fast can you get the MRAPs out to the field you saw in your briefing? SEC. GATES: The companies that have been awarded the contracts are ramping up their production capabilities...And the way I have put it to everyone is that you have to look outside the normal bureaucratic way of doing

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• Pentagon Gives Up; Hands War Over to Bush

  Published: August 30, 2007, 2:02 am

  Tags: Pentagon, Department Of Defense, Surge, George W Bush, Iraq War, Robert Gates, David Petraeus, Failed Leadership, Recommended, Front Paged

  [Promoted from the Diaries by Meteor Blades.]      Mark it down.  August 29, 2007.  That’s the day the Pentagon announced it was done being responsible for Mr. Bush’s waste of lives, time, and money in Iraq.  Tonight, the Defense Department has essentially told the President, "Thanks for the war, George,

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• The Truth Is Out There Dept.: They've Got to Use that Leftover Moonlanding Soundstage for Something

  Published: September 4, 2007, 10:21 am

  Tags: Bush, Condi, Condoleezza Rice, George Bush, Iraq, Robert Gates, The Truth Out There Dept

  defense secretary Robert Gates. Or did they? Even the Washington Times seemed puzzled this morning, wondering, How’d they do that? Maybe they didn’t! See the peculiarly unconvincing AP photos after the jump…

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• The Truth Is Out There Dept.: They've Got to Use that Leftover Moonlanding Soundstage for Something

  Published: September 4, 2007, 10:21 am

  Tags: Bush, Condi, Condoleezza Rice, George Bush, Iraq, Robert Gates, The Truth Out There Dept

  You may have heard that Bush made a OMG SURPRISE! trip to Iraq yesterday with his BFF, Condi, and his tiny (yet perfectly-formed) defense secretary Robert Gates. Or did they? Even the Washington...

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• Bush To Lie To Nation In Primetime Address Tonight

  Published: September 13, 2007, 9:24 am

  Tags: George W Bush, David Petraeus, Tony Snow, Robert Gates, Iraq

  Just a reminder that tonight at 9:00 p.m. EDT, George W. Bush will address the nation, "to ask Americans to stop and take a fresh look," at Iraq.  And to justify this fresh look, Bush will be trotting out the same stale lines:  Mission Accomplished, Bring them on, We're winning, absolutely.  Okay, check that, he's has a whole new

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• Bush issues proxy veto threat against Webb amendment

  Published: September 16, 2007, 3:02 pm

  Tags: George W Bush, Robert Gates, Jim Webb, Troop Readiness, Webb Amendment

  Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Sunday he would recommend a veto of a Senate proposal that would give troops more rest between deployments in Iraq, branding it a dangerous "backdoor way" to draw down forces. Democrats pledged to push ahead with the plan by Sen. Jim Webb, D-Va., and expressed confidence they could round up the votes to

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• Promises of diplomacy or prelude to war?

  Published: September 16, 2007, 1:09 pm

  Tags: Bushist, Iran, Yahoo, Fox, Robert Gates

  When the SecDef rattles his fountain pen, look out.The Bush administration is committed, for now, to using diplomatic and economic means to counter the potential nuclear threat from Iran, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Sunday. (emphasis added)We've been here before - only the names have changed (and not to protect the innocent).

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• He Said, She Said, And Perception

  Published: September 17, 2007, 10:38 am

  Tags: Alan Greenspan, Robert Gates, Oil, Oil Law, Iraq, Iraq War

  passage. Defense Secretary Robert Gates, who admits not being part of the decision making process, says he doesn’t believe it’s true whilst White House spokesman Tony Fratto had to restrain himself: That did not go down very well at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue where spokesman Tony Fratto told ABC News he would try to restrain

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• US Defense Secretary doesn't know if invading Iraq was a good idea

  Published: September 19, 2007, 2:04 pm

  Tags: Iraq, Robert Gates

  David Brooks in the NYT:I asked him whether invading Iraq was a good idea, knowing what we know now. He looked at me for a bit and said, I don't know. That's not candor, it's horrifying. Nearly 3,800 American troops are dead and their chief doesn't know if the war they died for is a good idea?

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• ABC Champions 'Straight Talk' from Gates on Iraq that Matches Media View

  Published: September 19, 2007, 9:07 pm

  Tags: Iraq War, Charles Gibson, Jonathan Karl, Robert Gates, World News

  what Secretary of Defense Robert Gates said when asked if the Iraq invasion was a good idea. Gates' words are in stark contrast to the surety often expressed by the President. Reporter Jonathan Karl trumpeted how Gates' stunningly candid answer came in an interview with New York Times columnist David Brooks. Repeating the I don't

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