Robert M. Gates/Articles & Commentary

The following are articles & commentary related to Robert M. Gates.

1991-1998

 * Editorial: "Gatesgate - Robert M. Gates, nominee to head CIA," National Review (FindArticles.com), June 10, 1991.
 * Paul F. Horvitz, "Ex-Aide Calls CIA Under Casey and Gates Corrupt and Slanted," International Herald Tribune, October 2, 1991.
 * Paul F. Horvitz, "Bush Says Gates Wouldn't Slant Reports," International Herald Tribune, October 3, 1991.
 * Douglas Frantz and Murray Waas, "Bush Had Long History of Support Iraq Aid," Los Angeles Times, Feb. 24, 1992.
 * Murray Waas and Douglas Frantz, "U.S.Loans Indirectly Financed Iraq Military," Los Angeles Times, Feb. 25, 1992.
 * Murray Waas and Douglas Frantz "U.S. Gave Intelligence Information to Iraq Three Months Before Invasion," Los Angeles Times, March 10, 1992.
 * Murray Waas and Douglas Frantz, "Saudi Arms Link to Iraq Allowed," Los Angeles Times, April 18, 1992
 * Murray Waas and Douglas Frantz, "Bush Tied to `86 Bid To Give Iraq Military Advice," Los Angeles Times, May 7, 1992.
 * Douglas Frantz and Murray Waas,"Bush Officials Defend Prewar Aid to Iraq," Angeles Times'', May 22, 1992.
 * Murray Waas and Douglas Frantz, "Officials Investigating Whether U.S. Loans Helped Iraq Buy Arms," Los Angeles Times, May 30, 1992.
 * Elaine Sciolino, "U.S. Reports A Stronger Saddam Hussein," New York Times, June 16, 1992.
 * Douglas Frantz and Murray Waas, "Testimony on Iraq Export List is Contradicted," Los Angeles Times, June 24, 1992.
 * Douglas Frantz and Murray Waas, "Special Counsel Sought to Probe U.S. Aid to Iraq,"Los Angeles Times, July 10, 1992.
 * Robert S. Norris and William M. Arkin, "Russian (C.I.S.) Strategic nuclear forces, end of 1992," The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, March 1993.
 * Robert Parry, "Iraqgate: Confession and Cover-Up," FAIR, May/June 1995.
 * Robert Parry, "Lost History (Part 2): The Devil & Bob Gates," Consortiumnews, June 10, 1996.
 * Walter Pincus, "Saddam Hussein's Death Is a Goal, Says Ex-CIA Chief," Washington Post, February 15, 1998.

2002

 * Michael Duffy and Nancy Gibbs, "When Evil Is Everywhere. Has Bush been right all along, or is his world view part of the problem?" TIME Magazine, October 28, 2002.

2004

 * John Chuckman, "Why the CIA will Always be a Costly Flop. Kerry Proposes More Big, Bad Intelligence," CounterPunch, June 9, 2004.
 * Robert Parry, "The CIA's DI Disgrace," Consortiumnews, July 13, 2004.
 * News Release: " Why Peace is Elusive," PRWeb.com, July 22, 2004.
 * Walter Pincus, "Bush's Plan Limits Intelligence Chief. Others Would Carry Out Operations," Washington Post, September 11, 2004.

2005

 * "Mote Appointed to FBI Effort to Understand Culture of U.S. Campuses," Associated Press (Maryland Moments, University of Maryland Newsdesk), October 2005.
 * "Ex-CIA chief gets key Fidelity post. SEC rule could turn Gates into top pick for chief of trustees," Boston Globe, December 23, 2005.

September

 * Robert Dreyfuss, "A Higher Power. James Baker puts Bush's Iraq policy into rehab," Washington Monthly, September 2006. Cross-posted at truthout.org.
 * Robert Dreyfuss, "The Fixer Meets His Match," The American Prospect Online, September 20, 2006: "James Baker's Iraq Study Group is supposed to figure out how to fix the Iraq war and convince the Bush administration to accept the plan. To do the first part, the group may likely advocate withdrawal. The second part is anyone's guess."

October

 * Steve C. Clemons, "Bush the Elder Swats Bush the Younger Good," The Huffington Post, October 4, 2006.

November

 * Paul Burka, "Agent of Change," TexasMonthly, November 2006: "Robert Gates helped win the cold war as director of the CIA, but that assignment was a walk in the park compared with his current one: bringing Texas A&M university’s unique but not always admired culture into the modern era and remaking the way the world views Aggieland—and the way Aggieland views the world."
 * "Gates Sends Texas A&M Student Body Email About New Appointment," KCBD.com NewsChannel 11 (Lubbock, TX), November 8, 2006.
 * Michael Isikoff and Mark Hosenball, "Old Names, Old Scandals. Robert Gates was a controversial figure in the Iran-contra affair. Will his Reagan-era activities hamper his confirmation as Rumsfeld’s successor?" Newsweek (MSNBC), November 8, 2006.
 * Michael Duffy, "The Man Who'll Replace Rummy. Bob Gates is a Bush family hand from way back. But he'll need all his skills, and lucky stones too, as he takes on the second-hardest job in Washington," TIME Magazine, November 8, 2006.
 * Fred Kaplan, "The Analyst Cometh. Why Robert Gates is the best man for Rummy's job," Slate, November 8, 2006.
 * Robert Scheer, "Gates Has Some Explaining to Do," Truthdig.com, November 8, 2006.
 * Weldon Burger, "Rumsfeld and Robert Gates: 'Be careful what you wish for,'" BTC News, November 8, 2006.
 * "A Closer Look At Robert Gates. Former CIA Head And Bush Family Friend Returns To Government After Serving In Academia," CBS News/Associated Press, November 8, 2006.
 * Larry Johnson, "Bob Gates. He's Back," Booman Tribune, November 8, 2006.
 * Ivo Daalder, "Rumsfeld, Gates, and the Bushes," TPM Cafe, November 8, 2006.
 * Jason Leopold, "Gates Has History of Manipulating Intelligence," truthout, November 8, 2006.
 * Brent Baker, "Flashback: In 1991 CBS Used Innuendo to Smear Gates with Iran-Contra Link," NewsBusters, November 8, 2006.
 * Ann Scott Tyson and Walter Pincus, "Robert Gates Lauded As Breaker of Barriers. Military Leaders Describe Bipartisan Appeal," Washington Post, November 9, 2006.
 * Bryan Bender and John Donnelly, "Pentagon nominee's task: chart a new course in Iraq," Boston Globe, November 9, 2006.
 * Scott Shane, "Robert Gates, a cautious player from a past Bush team," New York Times/International Herald Tribune, November 9, 2006.
 * Andy Geller, "Gates a Skilled Player at I Spy," New York Post, November 9, 2006.
 * Robert Novak, "Gates lacks defense experience, views on Iraq unknown," Chicago Sun-Times, November 9, 2006.
 * Alan McDermid, "Gates marks return of old guard," The Herald (UK), November 9, 2006.
 * Scott Shane, "Robert Gates, the anti-Rumsfeld?" New York Times/International Herald Tribune, November 9, 2006.
 * James Ridgeway, "The Gates Files," Mother Jones, November 9, 2006: "Iran-Contra figure, regime-change enthusiast, alleged intelligence manipulator&mdash;meet Robert Gates, the man who’s poised to be the next Secretary of State."
 * Robert Baer, "What to Expect From Bob Gates. He'll consult the generals. He'll deal in facts. And he might even salvage our Middle East policy," TIME Magazine, November 9, 2006.
 * Elaine Shannon, "Will Robert Gates Sway the Iran Debate? Until now, the Bush Administration has avoided talking to the regime in Tehran. But its presumptive nominee for Defense Secretary believes U.S. interests demand engagement," TIME Magazine, November 9, 2006.
 * Raymond McGovern, "The Cheney-Gates Cabal," TomPaine.com, November 9, 2006. re Vice President Dick Cheney
 * Bev Harris, "Rumsfeld replacement (Robert Gates) was director of voting company", Online Journal, November 10, 2006.
 * Ivan Eland, "Revisiting Iran-Contra: The Nomination of Robert Gates," The Independent Institute, November 10, 2006.
 * Peter Baker and Thomas E. Ricks, "Old Hands From the Family Business," Washington Post, November 10, 2006.
 * Rupert Cornwell, "Enter Bush the elder's statesman, to relief all round ," The Independent (UK), November 10, 2006.
 * William M. Arkin, "Second Change Gates," Early Warning/Washington Post, November 10, 2006.
 * Matthew E. Berger, "Gates expected to push Israel-Palestinian talks," Jerusalem Post, November 10, 2006.
 * Raymond McGovern, "Open Letter to Levin on Robert Gates," Consortiumnews, November 11, 2006. re Carl Levin
 * Maureen Dowd, "Pouring Chardonnay Diplomacy," Welcome to Pottersville Blogspot, November 15, 2006.
 * Robert Parry, "Gates & the Iran Arms Sales," Consortiumnews, November 23, 2006.
 * George Gedda, "Gates Advocated Air Strikes on Nicaragua," Associated Press (Washington Post), November 24, 2006.
 * Julian E. Barnes, "Gates pushed for bombing of Sandinistas. His 1984 memo called for 'hard measures' against Nicaragua," Los Angeles Times, November 25, 2006.
 * Robert Parry, "Robert Gates: A Cold War Bombthrower Becomes Iraq War Saviour," Consortiumnews (AlterNet), November 28, 2006.

December

 * Edward Luce, "Spotlight: Robert Gates – Iraq 'realist' at the gates," Financial Times (MSNBC), December 1, 2006.
 * William M. Arkin, "The Gates Agenda," Early Warning/Washington Post, December 1, 2006.
 * Gordon Lubold, "Gates might take helm at DoD in mid-December," Army Times, December 1, 2006.
 * Jason Vest, "Inheriting a Shambles at Defense. For Gates, Fixing Iraq is Just a Start," TheTexasObserver, December 1, 2006.
 * Robert Parry, Commentary: "Bob Gates & Locking You Up Forever," Baltimore Chronicle & Sentinel, December 1, 2006: "As the next Defense Secretary, Robert M. Gates will be in charge of a new star-chamber legal system that can lock up indefinitely 'unlawful enemy combatants' and 'any person' accused of aiding them. Yet, despite these extraordinary new powers, his confirmation is being treated more like a coronation than a time for tough questions."
 * Tom Vanden Brook and Matt Kelley, "Next Defense secretary must hit ground running," USA TODAY, December 3, 2006.
 * Robert Burns, "Gates Unlikely to Make Pentagon Changes," Associated Press (Washington Post), December 3, 2006.
 * Robert Parry, "Gates Hearing Has New Urgency," Consortiumnews, December 3, 2006: "George W. Bush’s back-of-the-hand to the Baker-Hamilton commission’s Iraq War troop drawdown plan – and the disclosure that Bush ousted Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld after he sought a major shift in war policy – has given new urgency to the Dec. 5 hearings on Robert M. Gates to be Bush’s new Pentagon chief."
 * R. Jeffrey Smith, "For Defense Nominee, Echoes of Old Questions. Gates Criticized on Handling of Intelligence at CIA," Washington Post, December 4, 2006.
 * Mark Benjamin, "A vote for more cooked intelligence? Little-known documents link Rumsfeld replacement Robert Gates with the kind of trumped-up reports that unleashed the Iraq war," Salon, December 4, 2006.
 * Peter Spiegel and Julian E. Barnes, "Hints of a Rumsfeld-ian style. Gates was known as a bully, but the Defense nominee's supporters say that's in the past," Los Angeles Times, December 4, 2006.
 * James Rowley, "Senators Seek Assurances of Gates's 'Open Mind' in Defense Post," Bloomberg, December 4, 2006.
 * Raymond McGovern, Opinion: "A CIA insider's take on Gates," Miami Herald, December 4, 2006.
 * Robert Parry, "Is Congress Gates’ Keeper? Bush’s choice for defense secretary has faced a senate committee before," In These Times, December 4, 2006.
 * "U.S. not winning war, Gates testifies. Defense nominee says he's open to new ideas," Los Angeles Times (Chicago Tribune), December 6, 2006.
 * Richard Sisk, "Honest Gates stings Bush. We're not winning in Iraq, defense chief nominee says," New York Daily News, December 6, 2006.
 * David S. Cloud, "Senate confirms Gates, 95-2. New defense secretary to be sworn in Dec. 18," New York Times News Service (Chicago Tribune), December 6, 2006.
 * Opinion: "The un-Rumsfeld," International Herald Tribune, December 6, 2006.
 * Mark Coultan, "US not winning Iraq war: defence nominee," The Age (Australia), December 7, 2006.
 * William M. Arkin, "Gates Disses the Troops, and the American People," Early Warning Blog/Washington Post, December 22, 2006.
 * The GOP Hypocrite of the Week: Robert M. Gates, BuzzFlash, December 29, 2006.

2007

 * Transcript: "Briefing on President's Iraq Strategy. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Gen. Peter Pace," Washington Post (Courtesy CQ Transcripts Wire), January 11, 2007.
 * John Aravosis, "Bush's Secretary of Defense: 'I would confess I'm no expert on Iraq'," AMERICAblog, January 11, 2007.
 * "Bush’s Iraq plan dissed by Dems and some Repubs," Associated Press (Boston Herald), January 12, 2007.
 * Andrew Gray, "Pentagon's Gates mild-mannered but no soft touch," Reuters, January 21, 2007.
 * Robert Burns, "Gates: Iraq resolution 'emboldens' enemy" and "Gates: Resolution would aid foes. Bush asserts he has final say on troop levels," Associated Press (Boston Globe), January 27, 2007. re McCain doctrine