November 5, 1991 – The Senate confirms the appointment of Gates, 64-31. November 6, 1991 – Gates is sworn in as the nation’s 15th director of Central Intelligence.

Former Defense Secretary Robert Gates, who is currently the chancellor at William and Mary College, tells "Face the Nation" that "I'm not even going to begin to go there" about voting for former ...

Robert Gates, 80, is the distinguished former secretary of defense under presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama. Before that, he spent 26 years in the CIA, which he headed, and was a member of ...

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Former Defense Secretary Robert Gates criticized the Biden administration for the pace it's taking to approve weapons systems to Ukraine, given that the embattled country is the "most important ...

Former Defense Secretary Robert Gates said that the United States needs to focus on strategic communications to update its national security interests. Gates, who served under both Bush and Obama ...

Gates would go on to joke that maybe he should try intermediate difficulty. The email's sentiment "sounded very poetic," said Ryan. "This is a time when most emails were misspelled and sketchy.

ROBERT GATES: I think, I think the only thing I would have said is that a lot of this could have been done sooner. And you know, they're talking about potentially being six months, a year or more ...

Former Defense Secretary Robert Gates endorses retired Marine Gen. John F. Kelly during the Senate Homeland Security Committee hearing on Kelly's confirmation to be Secretary of Homeland Security ...

Robert Gates: I think he's gotten a lot wrong. Anderson Cooper: You're talking all through the years-- as vice president and as senator-- Robert Gates: He opposed every one of Ronald Reagan's ...

Former Defense Secretary Robert Gates said “extreme polarization” in the U.S. is currently the greatest threat to democracy in America. Gates, during an interview with Anderson Cooper for ...