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11/10/2017 Robert Gates - Wikipedia Robert Gates Robert Michael "Bob"[3] Gates (born September 25, 1943) is an American politician, scholar, and university Robert Gates president who served as the 22nd United States Secretary of Defense from 2006 to 2011. Gates initially began his career serving as an officer in the United States Air Force but was quickly recruited by the CIA.[4] Gates served for 26 years in the Central Intelligence Agency and the National Security Council, and was Director of Central Intelligence under President George H. W. Bush. After leaving the CIA, Gates became president of Texas A&M University and was a member of several corporate boards. Gates served as a member of the Iraq Study Group, the bipartisan commission co- chaired by James A. Baker III and Lee H. Hamilton, that studied the lessons of the Iraq War. Gates was nominated by Republican President George W. Bush as Secretary of Defense after the 2006 24th Chancellor of the College of election, replacing Donald Rumsfeld. He was confirmed William and Mary with bipartisan support.[5] In a 2007 profile written by former National Security Advisor Zbigniew Brzezinski, Incumbent Time named Gates one of the year's most influential Assumed office people.[5] In 2008, Gates was named one of America's Best Leaders by U.S. News & World Report.[6] He February 3, 2012 continued to serve as Secretary of Defense in President Barack Obama's administration.[7] He retired in 2011. President Taylor Reveley "He'll be remembered for making us aware of the Preceded by Sandra Day danger of over-reliance on military intervention as an instrument of American foreign policy," said former O'Connor [8] Senator David L. Boren. Gates was presented the 35th President of the Boy Scouts of Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation's highest civilian award, by President Obama during his America retirement ceremony.[9] In office Since leaving the Obama Administration, Gates has May 22, 2014 – May 26, 2016 been elected President of the Boy Scouts of America, served as Chancellor of the College of William & Mary, Preceded by Wayne Perry and served as a member on several corporate boards. Succeeded by Randall L. Stephenson Contents 22nd United States Secretary of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Gates 1/21 11/10/2017 Robert Gates - Wikipedia 1 Early life and education Defense 2 Intelligence career 2.1 Positions In office 2.2 Director of Central Intelligence 2.3 December 18, 2006 – June 30, Level of involvement in the Iran-Contra [1] scandal 2011 3 Career after leaving the CIA President George W. Bush 3.1 1993–1999 3.2 Texas A&M Barack Obama 3.3 Corporate boards 3.4 Public service Deputy Gordon England 3.5 Declined appointment as Director of National William Lynn Intelligence 4 Secretary of Defense Preceded by Donald Rumsfeld 4.1 Bush Administration 4.1.1 Succeeded by Leon Panetta Walter Reed Medical Center scandal 4.1.2 22nd President of Texas A&M Controversy over Joint Chiefs 4.1.3 University Misshipments of nuclear weapons 4.2 Obama Administration In office 4.2.1 Fiscal restraint August 1, 2002 – December 16, 2006 4.2.2 NATO comments 5 Post–Obama administration Preceded by Ray Bowen 6 Criticism Succeeded by Ed Davis (Acting) 7 Awards and decorations 8 Notes 15th Director of Central Intelligence 9 References In office 10 Bibliography 11 Further reading November 6, 1991 – January 20, 12 External links 1993 President George H. W. Bush Early life and education Deputy Dick Kerr Gates was born in Wichita, Kansas, the son of Isabel V. Bill Studeman (née Goss) and Melville A. "Mel" Gates.[10] Gates attained the rank of Eagle Scout in the Boy Scouts of Preceded by William Webster America (BSA) and received the Distinguished Eagle Scout Award from the BSA as an adult.[11][12] He Succeeded by James Woolsey graduated from Wichita High School East in 1961.[13] Gates is also a Vigil Honor member within the Order of Deputy National Security Advisor the Arrow, BSA's National Honor Society. In office March 20, 1989 – November 6, 1991 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Gates 2/21 11/10/2017 Robert Gates - Wikipedia Gates then received a scholarship to attend the College President George H. W. Bush of William and Mary, graduating in 1965 with a B.A. in history. At William & Mary, Gates was an active Preceded by John Negroponte member and president of the Alpha Phi Omega (national service fraternity) chapter and the Young Succeeded by Jonathan Howe Republicans; he was also the business manager for the 16th Deputy Director of Central William and Mary Review, a literary and art magazine.[14] At his William & Mary graduation Intelligence ceremony, Gates received the Algernon Sydney Sullivan Award naming him the graduate who "has made the In office greatest contribution to his fellow man".[14] April 18, 1986 – March 20, 1989 Gates then received an M.A. in history from Indiana President Ronald Reagan University in 1966. He completed his Ph.D. in Russian and Soviet history at Georgetown University in 1974. George H. W. Bush The title of his Georgetown doctoral dissertation is Preceded by John McMahon "Soviet Sinology: An Untapped Source for Kremlin Views and Disputes Relating to Contemporary Events Succeeded by Dick Kerr in China"[15] and is available from University Microfilms International as document number Personal details 7421652. He received an Honorary Doctorate of Born Robert Michael Humane Letters from William & Mary (1998), the University of Oklahoma (2011)[16][17] and Georgetown Gates [18] University (2014). September 25, 1943 He married his wife Becky on January 7, 1967.[19] They Wichita, Kansas, have two children. U.S. Intelligence career Political party Republican[2] Spouse(s) Becky Gates Positions Education College of William While at Indiana University, Gates was recruited by the Central Intelligence Agency and joined in 1966.[20] On and Mary (BA) January 4, 1967, he was commissioned as a second Indiana University, lieutenant in the United States Air Force after attending Officer Training School under CIA sponsorship.[19][20] Bloomington (MA) From 1967 to 1969, he was assigned to the Strategic Air Georgetown Command as an intelligence officer, which included a year at Whiteman Air Force Base in Missouri, where he University (PhD) delivered intelligence briefings to Intercontinental Signature Ballistic Missile crews.[21] After fulfilling his military obligation, he rejoined the CIA as an intelligence analyst.[22] Military service Allegiance United States https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Gates 3/21 11/10/2017 Robert Gates - Wikipedia Gates left the CIA in 1974 to serve on the staff of the Service/branch United States Air National Security Council. He returned to the CIA in late 1979, serving briefly as the director of the Strategic Force Evaluation Center, Office of Strategic Research. He was Years of 1967–1969 named the Director of the DCI/DDCI Executive Staff in 1981, Deputy Director for Intelligence in 1982, and service Deputy Director of Central Intelligence from April 18, 1986, to March 20, 1989. Rank Second Lieutenant Director of Central Intelligence Gates was Deputy Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs from March until August 1989, and was Assistant to the President and Deputy National Security Adviser from August 1989 until November 1991. Gates was nominated to become the Director of Central Intelligence (head of the CIA) in early 1987. He withdrew his name after it became clear the Senate would reject the nomination due to controversy about his role in the Iran-Contra affair. Gates was nominated, for the second time, for the position of Director of Central Intelligence by President George H. W. Bush on May 14, 1991, confirmed by the Senate on November 5, and sworn in on November 6. During a Senate committee hearing on his nomination, former division chief Melvin Goodman testified that the agency was the most corrupt and slanted during the tenure of William Casey with Gates serving as Deputy. According to Gates while Director of Central Goodman, Gates was part of an agency leadership that proliferated false Intelligence. information and ignored 'reality'. National Intelligence Council chairman Harold P. Ford testified that during his tenure, Gates had transgressed professional boundaries.[23] Deputy Directors during his tenure were Richard J. Kerr (from November 6, 1991, until March 2, 1992) and Adm. William O. Studeman (from April 9, 1992, through the remainder of Gates' tenure). He served until 1993. Level of involvement in the Iran-Contra scandal Because of his senior status in the CIA, Gates was close to many figures who played significant roles in the Iran-Contra Affair and was in a position to have known of their activities. In 1984, as deputy director of CIA, Gates advocated that the U.S. initiate a bombing campaign against Nicaragua and that the U.S. do everything in its power short of direct military invasion of the country to remove the Sandinista government.[24] The evidence developed by Independent Counsel did not warrant indictment of Gates for his Iran-Contra activities or his responses to official inquiries. Gates was an early subject of Independent Counsel's investigation, but the investigation of Gates intensified in the spring of 1991 as part of a larger inquiry into the Iran/contra activities of CIA officials. This investigation received an additional impetus in May 1991, when President George H.W. Bush nominated Gates to be Director of Central Intelligence (DCI). The chairman and vice chairman of the United States Senate Select Committee on Intelligence (SSCI) requested, in a letter to the Independent Counsel on May 15, 1991, any information that would "significantly bear on the fitness" of Gates for the CIA post.