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Former Defense Secretary Robert Gates addresses the Boy Scouts of America's annual meeting on Friday, May 23, 2014, in Nashville, Tenn. Gates will have an academic building named after him at William & Mary, the university in Virginia where he holds the honorary position of chancellor, the school announced Wednesday, March 20, 2024. (AP Photo/Mark Zaleski, File)

William & Mary will name building after former defense secretary Robert Gates

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Venezuela's President Nicolás Maduro, left, bumps fists with Russian Sports Minister Oleg Matytsin, at the Alba Games' opening ceremony inside the baseball stadium in La Guaira, Venezuela, Friday, April 21, 2023. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)

Russian and Chinese Cold War-style messaging looks to undercut U.S. in Latin America

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Former Defense Secretary Robert Gates addresses the Boy Scouts of America's annual meeting, in Nashville, Tenn., in this May 23, 2014, file photo. (AP Photo/Mark Zaleski, File)

Robert Gates, ex-defense secretary: ‘Rogue’ lawmakers behind GOP ‘secret society’ FBI accusations

By Carlo Muñoz - The Washington Times

President Barack Obama walks with Marine Gen. Joseph Dunford Jr., his nominee to be the next chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, after speaking in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, May 5, 2015. Obama chose the widely respected, combat-hardened commander who led the Afghanistan war coalition during a key transitional period during 2013-2014 to succeed Army Gen. Martin Dempsey. Walking behind them is Vice President Joe Biden. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Defense bill amendment targets Obama micromanagement, gives Pentagon leverage

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Former Defense Secretary Robert Gates addresses the Boy Scouts of America's annual meeting on Friday, May 23, 2014, in Nashville, Tenn., after being selected as the organization's new president. Gates is taking over one of the nation's largest youth organizations as it fights a membership decline and debates its policy toward gays. (AP Photo/Mark Zaleski)

Robert Gates, Boy Scouts president, calls for lifting ban of gay troop leaders

By Cheryl Wetzstein - The Washington Times

Defense Undersecretary for Policy Michele Flournoy, left, talks with Marines Lt. Gen. John Paxton, director for operations, the Joint Staff, talk on Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday, Feb. 22, 2010, prior to their testifying before the Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Michele Flournoy is front-runner to replace Chuck Hagel as Defense Secretary

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Illustration on the continuing decay of the Obama Administration by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

LAMBRO: Defense secretaries join the attack

By Donald Lambro

President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden meet with members of the National Security Council in the Situation Room of the White House, Sept. 10, 2014. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)

President Obama’s war advisers not instilling confidence on Islamic State strategy

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

In this Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2014 photo, Trail Life member Adrian McCade, 7, second from left, gets direction on hand placement for the salute from his older brother Jack McCade, 8, during a group meeting in North Richland Hills, Texas. John Stemberger, an Orlando, Fla. lawyer who led the opposition to the Boy Scouts of America's May 2013 vote to accept openly gay youth, went on to found Trail Life. (AP Photo/LM Otero)

Alternative to Boy Scouts sees big gains in first year

By Cheryl Wetzstein - The Washington Times

**FILE** U.S. soldiers from the 2nd Brigade, 87th Infantry Regiment, 10th Mountain Division, secure the area after exiting a Chinook helicopter, Helmand Province, southern Afghanistan, on June 18, 2006. Insurgents shot down on Aug. 6, 2011, a U.S. military helicopter similar to this one shown during fighting in eastern Afghanistan, killing 30 Americans, most of them belonging to the same elite Navy SEALs unit that killed Osama bin Laden, as well as seven Afghan commandos, U.S. officials said. (Associated Press)

Gates’ book backs up grieving dad’s case

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, and Premier Dmitry Medvedev watch the men's 4x10 km cross-country relay at the 2014 Winter Olympics, Sunday, Feb. 16, 2014, in Krasnaya Polyana, Russia. (AP Photo/RIA-Novosti, Mikhail Klimentyev, Presidential Press Service)

Inside the Ring: All eyes on Moscow’s military moves in Ukraine

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

Illustration by M. Ryder/ Tribune Content Agency

FEULNER: A smarter strategy needed in Afghanistan than just exiting

By Ed Feulner

Lt. Emily Yeh

Inside China: Stealth fighter revealed

By Miles Yu

BOOK REVIEW: Obama did not believe in the strategy he approved

By Gary Anderson - Special to The Washington Times

The book titled "Duty: Memoirs of a Secretary of War," by former Defense Secretary Robert Gates is seen in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2014. The White House is bristling over former Defense Secretary Robert Gates' new memoir accusing President Barack Obama of showing too little enthusiasm for the U.S. war mission in Afghanistan and sharply criticizing Vice President Joe Biden's foreign policy instincts. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

TYRRELL: Bob Gates had a duty to reveal Obama’s incompetence

By R. Emmett Tyrrell Jr.

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HURT: Dereliction of ‘Duty’ is Robert Gates’ unprincipled duplicity

By Charles Hurt

FILE - In this April 28. 2011 file photo, President Barack Obama stands in the East Room of the White House in Washington with, from left: Vice President Joe Biden and outgoing Defense Secretary Robert Gates. The White House is bristling over former Defense Secretary Robert Gates' new memoir accusing President Barack Obama of showing too little enthusiasm for the U.S. war mission in Afghanistan and sharply criticizing Vice President Joe Biden's foreign policy instincts. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

GAFFNEY: Why didn’t Gates sound the alarm sooner?

By Frank J. Gaffney Jr.

The book titled "Duty: Memoirs of a Secretary of War," by former Defense Secretary Robert Gates is seen in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2014. The White House is bristling over former Defense Secretary Robert Gates' new memoir accusing President Barack Obama of showing too little enthusiasm for the U.S. war mission in Afghanistan and sharply criticizing Vice President Joe Biden's foreign policy instincts. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

ALLARD: Robert Gates book ‘Duty’ reveals Obama’s dereliction

By Ken Allard

** FILE ** In this Dec. 6, 2013, file photo, former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

PRUDEN: Hillary’s skeleton stampede

By Wesley Pruden - The Washington Times

President Barack Obama pauses while speaking about benefits for the unemployed, Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2014, in the East Room at the White House in Washington. The president applauded a Senate vote advancing legislation to renew jobless benefits for the long-term unemployed as an important step. The Senate voted 60-37 Tuesday to clear the bill's first hurdle. But Republicans who voted to move ahead still want concessions that will have to be worked out before final passage. The Republican-controlled House would also have to vote for it. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

Former Defense Secretary Robert Gates rips Obama in memoir

By Douglas Ernst - The Washington Times