Robert Gates

Robert Gates, Unlikely Gay Rights Hero

The former defense secretary has gone further than many politicians in promoting gay rights in the military and private sphere.

  • David A. Graham, The Atlantic

Robert Gates on How to Survive–and Thrive–Despite Bureaucracy

Lessons from former Defense Secretary Gates on being part of the solution despite the problems inherent in enormous organizations. By Mark A. Abramson and Paul R. Lawrence

  • Mark A. Abramson and Paul R. Lawrence

Gates Defends China’s Cyberspying, Kinda Sorta

Even France spies for foreign economic advantages better than the U.S., reveals Former Defense Secretary Gates an interview with Fareed Zakaria. Courtesy of the Council on Foreign relations

  • Council on Foreign Relations

Gates: I Was More Loyal to Obama Than His Own Staff

The former defense secretary says he got along well with Tom Donilon, President Obama's former National Security Advisor, but questions the loyalty of other White House staffers. By Michael Hirsh

  • Michael Hirsh, National Journal

Gates, Obama and the Use of Military Force in the Middle East

Bob Gates’ new memoir illuminates a fundamental, post-Iraq and Afghanistan change in how Americans view the use of military force. By David Rohde

  • David Rohde, The Atlantic

Why It Matters that Gates Questions Obama’s Will in Afghanistan

Bob Gates’ memoir confirms what many long knew – the Obama administration has not embraced its own Afghanistan policies. By Gayle Tzemach Lemmon

  • Gayle Tzemach Lemmon

Gates’ Love-Hate Relationship with Bureaucracy

“Up close, Congress is truly ugly,” former Defense Secretary Bob Gates writes in his new memoir. By Tom Shoop

  • Tom Shoop

The Day Bob Gates Almost Quit

Former Defense Secretary Robert Gates praises and criticizes Obama, while revealing a deep exasperation for national security politics. By Kevin Baron

  • Kevin Baron