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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]].  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>

'''Robert Michael Gates''' is the twenty-second [[Secretary of Defense]].  He serves in the [[Obama Administration]] and previously served IN the second [[Bush]] administration since December 18, 2006. He took office after the forced resignation of [[Donald Rumsfeld]].  He is a registered independent,<ref>http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/washington/2008/11/obama-gates-1.html</ref>, and is given credit for the "sutrge" in Iraq and the success of American policies there.  

 

==Early Life==

==Early Life==

Gates was born on September 25, 1943, in Wichita, [[Kansas]].  He graduated from the [[College of William and Mary]] in [[Virginia]].  While attending William and Mary, he was very involved in the [[Young Republicans]], and even became the chapter's President.  He went on to receive a graduate degree from [[Indiana University]] and a Ph.D. from [[Georgetown University]].   

Gates was born on September 25, 1943, in Wichita, Kansas.  He graduated from the [[College of William and Mary]] in Virginia.  While attending William and Mary, he was very involved in the [[Young Republicans]], and even became the chapter's President.  He went on to receive a graduate degree from [[Indiana University]] and a Ph.D. from [[Georgetown University]].   

==Early Public Service==

==Early Public Service==

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[[Category:United States Appointed Officials]]

[[Category:United States Appointed Officials]]