Person

Robert Gates

Acting · Born 1943-09-25 · Wichita, Kansas, U.S.

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Robert Michael Gates (born September 25, 1943) is an American intelligence analyst, and university president who served as the 22nd United States Secretary of Defense from 2006 to 2011. He was originally appointed by President George W. Bush and was retained for service by President Barack Obama. Gates began his career serving as an officer in the United States Air Force but was quickly recruited by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). Gates served for 26 years in the CIA and the National Security Council, and was Director of Central Intelligence under President George H. W. Bush. After leaving the CIA, Gates became president of Texas A&M University and was a member of several corporate boards. Gates served as a member of the Iraq Study Group, the bipartisan commission co-chaired by James A. Baker III and Lee H. Hamilton, that studied the lessons of the Iraq War.

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  60 Minutes

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  Turning Point: The Bomb and the Cold War

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  Turning Point: 9/11 and the War on Terror

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  Three Wars

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  Dear Class of 2020

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  War on Whistleblowers: Free Press and the National Security State

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• 2024Turning Point: The Bomb and the Cold WarSelf - U.S. Secretary of Defense 2006 - 2001
• 2023Three WarsSelf (archive footage)
• 2021Turning Point: 9/11 and the War on TerrorSelf (archive footage)
• 2020Dear Class of 2020Self
• 2013War on Whistleblowers: Free Press and the National Security StateSelf - Former Secretary of Defense
• 196860 MinutesSelf