"… come from the Department of Defense. Just over a year ago, then-Secretary Robert Gates’ called for an inventory of facility conditions at school buildings oper …"

"… agon’s spending plan over the next five years." Former Defense Secretary Robert Gates explained in a Jan. 6 statement at the Pentagon that $100 billion of the $ …"

"… hairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, wrote to Defense Secretary Robert Gates protesting the imminent award of the police contract to Blackwater under t …"

"… ess office did not respond to a request for comment, but Defense Secretary Robert Gates told the Senate in 2006 that there were “clearly insufficient troops in …"

"… espond to a request for comment, but at a 2007 briefing, Defense Secretary Robert Gates acknowledged the scope of the problem. “We have destroyed several hundre …"

"… to a request for comment, but in a September 2008 speech Defense Secretary Robert Gates said “the Department of Defense and the Air Force have taken firm steps …"

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

"… ndependent experts contend are frequently fictional.Then-Defense Secretary Robert Gates last May memorably described the Pentagon’s efforts to account for its e …"

"… hem from roadside bombs.The shift was ordered in 2007 by Defense Secretary Robert Gates, who made MRAPs the Pentagon’s top procurement priority partly because o …"

"… a new military strategy after a year-long study, then-Secretary of Defense Robert Gates called it an “important and historic” account of how the Pentagon woul …"