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Gates: US to do its part to slow Afghan corruption
Nov 20th, 2009 - AOL News
HALIFAX, Nova Scotia -The United States will do its part to reduce corruption in Afghanistan by examining its own contracts and projects, even as it is demanding the same from the Afghan government...Probe reveals more on Hasan; e-mails to cleric
Nov 20th, 2009 - NECN
(NECN/ABC) - Defense Secretary Robert Gates pulled two former service chiefs out of retirement to get to the bottom of the Fort Hood massacre.
At the same time, Congress held its first hearing into the shootings -- without White House cooperation.Pentagon looking for Fort Hood management lapses
Nov 20th, 2009 - Houston Chronicle
WASHINGTON — The Pentagon said Thursday it will scour its procedures for identifying volatile soldiers hidden in the ranks following the Fort Hood shooting rampage and lapses that might allow others to slip through bureaucratic cracks.
Gates: We must identify potential military threats
Nov 20th, 2009 - Dallasnews
WASHINGTON – Defense Secretary Robert Gates ordered all branches of the military Thursday to seek better ways of "identifying service members who could potentially pose credible threats to others.Pentagon, Senate Launch Dueling Fort Hood Investigations
Nov 19th, 2009 - ABC News
Defense Secretary Robert Gates is putting a former chief of naval operations and former Army secretary in charge of a Pentagon inquiry into the Fort Hood shootings.
"It...
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5:46Defense Secretary Robert Gates On Meet The Press-Iraq
Gates talks about the future of Iraq
4:09Former Defense Secretary Pens Love Story ( Love in Black and White: A Memoir of Race, Religion, and Romance)
William S. Cohen tells of his romance with African American wife Janet Langhart Cohen in LOVE IN BLACK AND WHITE. Learn how they defied religious and racial conventions to climb the political and media ranks in a changing America.
1:07Countdown - Senator Clinton Lays Smackdown on Rumsfeld
Senator Hillary Clinton (D-NY) point blank asks Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld why Congress and the American people should believe his assurances over Iraq. He never answered her question but instead gave excuses ...
8:56McKinney Grills Rumsfeld
Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney grills Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld on the Pentagon's missing trillions, DynCorp's slave trade, and the 9/11 wargames. House Hearing on FY06 Dept. of Defense Budget, March 11, 2005 ...
Defense Secretary from WikiPedia:
The United States Secretary of Defense (SecDef) is the head of the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD), concerned with the armed services and military matters. This position roughly corresponds to Minister of defense in other countries. The role of the Secretary of Defense is to be the principal defense policy advisor to the President and is responsible for the formulation of general defense policy related to all matters of direct and primary concern to the DoD, and for the execution of approved policy. The Secretary is appointed by the President with the approval of the Senate, and is a member of the Cabinet. By statute (10 U.S.C. § 113) the secretary must be a civilian who has not served in the active component of the armed forces for at least 10 years. The Secretary of Defense is sixth in the presidential line of succession. The Secretary of Defense earns a salary of $191,300 per year.
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