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Gates, Clinton to visit DMZ dividing 2 Koreas (AP)

July 20th, 2010

This photo provided by the Department of Defense shows U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates arriving at Seoul Air Base, South Korea, July 19, 2010. (AP Photo/Department of Defense, Cherie Cullen)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…

Gates: Progress in Afghan war must come this year (AP)

June 9th, 2010

U.S. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates speaks to media in London, Wednesday, June 9, 2010. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, Pool)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…

Iran sanctions vote Wed, Gates predicts passage (AP)

June 8th, 2010

Defense Secretary Robert Gates, right, meets with British Foreign Minister William Hague, Tuesday, June 8, 2010, at the Foreign Ministry in London. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, Pool)AP - The United States and its allies called for a U.N. vote Wednesday on imposing new sanctions on Iran’s suspect nuclear program, and U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates…

Gates courts put-out Azerbaijan, a key Afghan hub (AP)

June 6th, 2010

Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates greets local Marines as he departs the Shangri-La Hotel in Singapore, Sunday, June 6, 2010, after participating in the Shangri-La Dialogue's Asia Security Summit. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, Pool)AP - U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates is trying to soothe the put-out authoritarian leader of Azerbaijan, a former Soviet republic that helps move supplies and soldiers to the war…

Gates accuses NKorea of reckless aggression (AP)

June 5th, 2010

Delegates watch a screen while U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates delivers a speech during the 9th Asia Security Summit on Saturday June 5, 2010 in Singapore.(AP Photo/Wong Maye-E)AP - The sinking of a South Korean warship is part of a reckless pattern of aggression by North Korea, U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Saturday, as the U.S.…