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Gates, Robert M.

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Robert Gates on his way out

11 April 2011

The US Secretary of Defense is expected to hand in his resignation anytime soon now that he has succeeded in his mission of shifting the paradigms of US strategy, as amply demonstrated by the allied interventions in Libya and the Ivory Coast. Robert Gates took off on a Gulf countries jaunt to (...)

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Obama’s Military Appointments Have Corrupt Past

by Robert Parry, Allan Nairn, Andrew Hughes, Roxana Tiron

Californie (Etats-Unis) | 20 October 2010

The Defense officials appointed by Barack Obama are the authors of the worst crimes and embezzlements carried out under previous administrations. In terms of change, only the rhetoric is new; the practices remain the same. What is most startling is the lack of interest elicited by the closure (...)