Sunday on This Week with George Stephanopoulus, Defense Secretary Robert Gates was asked point blank about the location of Osama bin Laden, and his answer was far from encouraging. “Well, we don’t ...

Last Mission: Overhaul Defense Dept. Newsweek's John Barry and Evan Thomas write, "As he turns 67 this month, serving in his final government post, he appears to be embarked on a kind of last crusade.

The personal papers of William & Mary Chancellor and former U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates ’65, L.H.D. ’98 are now open to researchers and the public. The collection, consisting of 106 ...

(CNN) — Here’s a look at the life of former CIA Director and former Secretary of Defense Robert Gates. At the time of his appointment, Gates was the youngest person ever to assume the role of CIA ...

December 3, 2001, Greencastle, Ind. - Despite the American military's successes in overtaking the Taliban in Afghanistan, the former director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), Robert M. Gates, ...

Photographer Lynsey Addario tours the war-torn country with Obama’s Secretary of Defense Defense Secretary Robert Gates, 66, has served six American Presidents. Though he is a lifelong Republican, he ...