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Chinese stealth fighter makes first test flight

By Christopher Bodeen - Associated Press

Secretary of Defense Robert Gates (AP File Photo)

U.S. defense chief: China moving fast on new weapons

By Anne Gearan - Associated Press

MTV college network: Sec’y Gates is ‘Man of Year’

By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Associated Press

President Obama, accompanied by Vice President Joseph R. Biden (left) and Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, delivers a statement on Dec. 16, 2010, at the White House. (Associated Press) **FILE**

Obama: U.S. on track in Afghanistan, Pakistan

By Ben Feller - Associated Press

Recording artist Lady Gaga speaks at a rally in support of repealing the military's "don't ask, don't tell" policy for gay service members, in Portland, Maine, on Monday, Sept. 20, 2010. (AP Photo/Pat Wellenbach)

Military gay ban becomes election-year hot button

By Anne Flaherty - Associated Press

Defense Secretary Robert Gates participates in an award ceremony for a group of soldiers from the 1st Battalion, 502nd Infantry Regiment, at combat outpost Senjaray outside Kandahar, Afghanistan, Friday, Sept. 3, 2010. (AP Photo/Jim Watson, Pool)

Gates sees progress in tour of Afghan war zone

By Anne Gearan - Associated Press

Gates in Afghanistan to meet with Karzai, Petraeus

By Anne Gearan - Associated Press

U.S. to resume ties with Indonesia’s special forces

By Niniek Karmini - Associated Press

U.S. Army Col. Kurt Taylor, right, briefs Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, center, and Secretary of Defense Robert Gates, 2nd right, as a curious North Korean soldier looks through the window at the truce village of Panmunjom in the demilitarized zone that separates the two Koreas since the Korean War, north of Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, July 21, 2010. (AP Photo/Paul J. Richards, Pool)

U.S. announces new sanctions against North Korea

By Matthew Lee - Associated Press

In this March 9, 2010, file photo, Gen. James N. Mattis testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington. Defense Secretary Robert Gates says he wants Gen. Mattis to take over U.S. Central Command, replacing Gen. David Petraeus. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)

Marine Gen. Mattis to take over Central Command

By Anne Flaherty and Anne Gearan - Associated Press

McChrystal meets Obama, leaves before war meeting

By Anne Gearan and Jennifer Loven - Associated Press

Appeasement or ‘Grand Strategy’

U.S. underestimated Iraqi political problems

Rice, Gates, meet Arab allies

Rice, Gates, meet Arab allies