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Reuters - Defense Secretary Robert Gates said on Tuesday he believed the best tool to fight al Qaeda in countries like Yemen was boosting local capabilities, adding, “We don’t need…

Reuters - Defense Secretary Robert Gates on Tuesday rejected suggestions that Afghan President Hamid Karzai was increasingly at odds with the United States over war strategy.

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AP - U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates says Asian territorial disputes should be resolved by international diplomacy.

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AP - Microsoft Corp. co-founder Bill Gates and billionaire investor Warren Buffett plan to sell the art of giving to China’s super rich in a visit later this month that’s…

AP - U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Friday he saw and heard evidence that the U.S. counterinsurgency strategy is taking hold in critical Kandahar province.

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AP - U.S. Defense Secretary Gates is in southern Afghanistan getting a firsthand look at operations in an area of the country where the Taliban has the most influence.

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AP - U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates arrived in Afghanistan’s capital Thursday for meetings with President Hamid Karzai and top NATO commander Gen. David Petraeus.

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AP - Standing at the spot that divides North and South Korea, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton urged North Korea on Wednesday to turn away from the isolation…

AP - U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates announced Tuesday that he and Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton will make an unprecedented trip together to the Demilitarized Zone dividing the…

AP - Public support for the war in Afghanistan will evaporate unless the nations leading the fight against insurgents can show by the end of this year that the 8-year…