"Defense Secretary Robert Gates has been suggesting that the military might not expel a service member whose sexual preference is revealed by a third party. That's utterly irrelevant. The law - and Gates knows this - simply says tha...

DoD is throwing more stars at the troubled F-35 program: Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates announced today that the President has made the following nomination: Navy Vice Adm. David J. Venlet has been nominated for reappointm...

A group of former U.S. military leaders have joined "recent calls by Defense Secretary Robert Gates and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Adm. Michael Mullen to expand U.S. civilian capacities to reduce dependence on the militar...

The week in pictures: March 7-13 AFGHANISTAN, TUESDAY: US Secretary of Defense Robert Gates speaks with troops at Forward Operating Base Frontenac in Kandahar. NATO is sending thousands of extra troops…

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and US Secretary of Defense Robert Gates traded insults on Wednesday in Kabul. Gates accused Iran of claiming to support the Karzai government in Kabul but of playing a 'double game' and secr...

U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates raised the possibility Wednesday that some of the U.S. forces involved in the Afghanistan surge could leave the country before President Obama's announced July 2011 date to begin withdrawal. With...

PUL-E-CHARKHI, Afghanistan — U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates raised the possibility Wednesday that some of the U.S. forces involved in the Afghanistan surge could leave...

Decisive phase of Afghan war looms: Gates - Reuters Secretary of Defense Robert Gates told troops in southern Afghanistan on Tuesday they would soon be part of a "decisive phase" in the war -- an operation to impose control over...

U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates, right, talks with U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan Karl Eikenberry in Kabul Monday. Kabul, Afghanistan (CNN) - U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates arrived in Afghanistan on Monday morning on ...

Washington: US Defense Secretary Robert Gates is concerned about possible misconduct in Afghanistan by the private security firm formerly known as Blackwater and has promised to review the issue, the Pentagon said Friday. Gates made...

Lots of focus on the violence but the real story is that none of it stopped the people of Iraq from having a voice in how their country is run. On Sunday, U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates said voter...

In the coming weeks, the United States and its allies will attempt to push additional Iran sanctions through the UN Security Council. Defense Secretary Robert Gates has indicated that "the United States and like-minded countries" co...

Defense Secretary Robert Gates is back in the Cold War with his demand for more military commitments, says Melvin A. Goodman. March 3, 2010

From NBC's Kelly PaiceToday Vice President Joe Biden, Secretary of Defense Robert Gates, National Security Advisor James Jones, and House and Senate leaders and members gathered at the Capitol to remember the late Congressman John ...

WASHINGTON — Who would act as defense secretary if the 66-year-old Robert Gates died or resigned and his deputy, Bill Lynn, couldn't do it? President...

U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates says that public and political opposition to the military was so great in Europe that it was directly impacting NATO operations in Afghanistan, in his sharpest criticism yet of its ally.

Earlier this week, the U.S. Navy announced that it has decided to lift the ban on female submarine crew members. Defense Secretary Robert Gates signed a letter a week ago last Friday, notifying Congress of the Navy’s policy change, ...

American troops still on patrol over Baghdad. According to Defense Secretary Robert Gates, America is changing the name of it’s Iraq mission from ‘Operation Iraqi Freedom’ to ‘Operation New Dawn’ to ’send a strong signal that Americ...

WASHINGTON: The United States should devote more energy and overseas aid dollars towards developing the local security forces of other countries, Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates said tonight in a speech advocating an overhaul of U...

Hans, Mr. Secretary General, Secretary Albright, Admiral Rondeau, General Abrial, it is a pleasure to be here with you today. And my thanks also to Allied Command Transformation and the National Defense University for hosting this s...