"… tant signal that we will not allow these conditions to continue," she said.Defense Secretary Leon Panetta, in a statement, stressed the military’s commitment to the …"

"… Carl Levin, the chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, wrote to Defense Secretary Robert Gates protesting the imminent award of the police contract to Black …"

"… llow-up:The DOD press office did not respond to a request for comment, but Defense Secretary Robert Gates told the Senate in 2006 that there were “clearly insufficie …"

"… s office did not respond to a request for comment, but at a 2007 briefing, Defense Secretary Robert Gates acknowledged the scope of the problem. “We have destroyed s …"

"… ilian and uniformed, are at the center of both efforts.Last August, former Defense Secretary William Cohen disclosed his plan to form a merchant banking firm, TCG Fina …"

"… as courted almost from its inception.It was under the leadership of former Defense Secretary Frank Carlucci—first as a managing director, from 1989 to 1993, and as c …"

"… ngton insiders have ties to current Bush administration officials. Current Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld and Carlucci went to college together, for example, and Se …"

"… or Reconstruction and Stabilization, about a three-month-old overture from Defense Secretary Robert Gates to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, calling for changes in …"

"… ger entries that independent experts contend are frequently fictional.Then-Defense Secretary Robert Gates last May memorably described the Pentagon’s efforts to acco …"

"… eeded to protect them from roadside bombs.The shift was ordered in 2007 by Defense Secretary Robert Gates, who made MRAPs the Pentagon’s top procurement priority par …"