Topic: Robert Gates

Gates says Iraq to decide on post-2011 US troops

US Defence Secretary Robert Gates said Friday that American forces were prepared to stay in any role beyond a scheduled pullout late this year, but time was running out for Iraq to ask.Gates, who arrived in Baghdad late Wednesday on an unannounced ...
US Defence Secretary Robert Gates said Friday that American forces were prepared to stay in any role beyond a scheduled pullout late this year, but time was running out for Iraq to ask.Gates, who arrived in Baghdad late Wednesday on an unannounced ...

Gates says turning around Iraq was biggest task

US Defence Secretary Robert Gates said Monday that turning around the war in Iraq represents his most important accomplishment during more than four years at the Pentagon.Speaking to Russian naval officers on a visit to Saint Petersburg, Gates said, "I think for ...
Clinton, Gates denounce planned Quran burning, warn of risks to AmericansThe top two national security advisers in President Barack Obama's Cabinet on Wednesday denounced plans by a small church in Florida to burn the Muslim holy book to commemorate the Sept. 11, ...

US defence chief Gates on surprise Afghan visit

US Defence Secretary Robert Gates arrived in Kabul Thursday on a surprise visit following a trip to Iraq, where he attended ceremonies to mark the formal end of the American combat mission there.During his visit to America's other war, Gates is expected ...
US Defence Secretary Robert Gates said Wednesday that America's war in Iraq is over but admitted that the outcome will remain "clouded" by the reason it was waged in the first place.Asked by reporters at Camp Ramadi, an American base about 100 ...

US war in Iraq is over: Gates

US Defence Secretary Robert Gates said Wednesday that America's war in Iraq is over but admitted that the outcome will remain "clouded" over why it was waged in the first place.Asked by reporters at Camp Ramadi, an American base about 100 kilometres ...
Defense Secretary Gates tells US troops Iraq mission still critical, drawdown still on trackU.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Friday that plans are on track to reduce American forces in Iraq next year and warned that neighboring Iran risks sanctions soon if ...

U.S. sees Arabs, Kurds in Iraq settling differences

KIRKUK, Iraq (Reuters) - U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates said on Friday that Arab and Kurdish leaders in Iraq were moving toward settling their differences and he urged them to form an inclusive government quickly after a March vote.Visiting U.S. troops and ...
Gates says up to 5,000 troops may leave Iraq ahead of schedule, gives no exact timetableA combat brigade of 5,000 American troops may be brought home early from Iraq if the trend of reduced violence holds, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Wednesday.It ...
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