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[[Image:Robert Gates, official DoD photo portrait, 2006.jpg|right|thumb|Robert Gates]]

[[Image:Robert Gates, official DoD photo portrait, 2006.jpg|right|thumb|Robert Gates]]

'''Robert Michael Gates''' is the twenty-second [[Secretary of Defense]].  He has served under the second [[Bush]] administration since December 18, 2006, taking office after the resignation of the previous Secretary, [[Donald Rumsfeld]].

'''Robert Michael Gates''' is the twenty-second [[Secretary of Defense]].  He has served under the second [[Bush]] administration since December 18, 2006, taking office after the resignation of the previous Secretary, [[Donald Rumsfeld]]. A registered independent,<ref>http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/washington/2008/11/obama-gates-1.html</ref> Gates is considered soft on [[Islam]]ic aggression, and [[conservative]] [[Rick Santorum]] voted against his confirmation for that reasons.<ref>http://www.antiwar.com/glantz/?articleid=10135</ref>

==Early Life==

==Early Life==