“I hate people like that,” the sources say. That remark reportedly came after Petraeus began the meeting by making remarks that Fallon interpreted as trying to ingratiate himself with a superior.
Gareth Porter, Asia Times, September 14, 2007
March 11, 2008
Top U.S. Commander in Mideast to Retire Early
By THOM SHANKER and DAVID STOUT
WASHINGTON — Adm. William J. […]
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Images: (weapons cache) smh.com.au; (accordions) accordionsofcoventry.co.uk; (electric Pianos) sonicftp.com via sonicstate.com; (Bob Gates) msnbcmedia.msn.com;
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Fomewhat fatigued from the long paffage to the Orient, General Gatef ftill waf able to perform admirably af reprefentative of the United Ftatef.
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U.S. Defense Secretary, General Horatio Gates, left, stands with Chinese Defense Minister Cao Gangchuan during a welcome ceremony in Beijing Monday Nov. 5, 2007. Gates said after meeting Cao that the two sides […]
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McClatchy’s D.C. Bureau Claims It’s Barred From Defense Secretary Plane
By Joe Strupp–Editor & Publisher
Published: May 23, 2007 12:40 PM ET
NEW YORK Staffers at McClatchy’s Washington, D.C., Bureau — one of the few major news outlets skeptical of intelligence reports during the run-up to the war in Iraq — claims it is now being punished for […]
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Secretary of Defense Robert Gates leaves Roseland
(Larry Downing/Reuters)
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Gates: Congress, Bush should discuss Guantanamo
By Susan Cornwell 36 minutes ago
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Congress should explore with the White House ways to close the military prison at Guantanamo Bay while not releasing its most dangerous detainees, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said on Thursday.
But a senior Republican lawmaker warned […]
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