Robert M. Gates: References & Edit History
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| Type | Description | Contributor | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Add new Web site: Obama Presidency Oral History - Interview with Robert Gates. | Oct 28, 2026 | ||
| Anniversary information added. | Sep 21, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: CNN Watch - Bob Gates on regrets, trauma, politics. | May 16, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: NPR - Transcript: Former Defense Secretary Robert Gates' Interview with NPR. | Oct 31, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: ABC listen - Overnights - Robert Gates - US Secretary of Defence. | Sep 16, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: William and Mary College - Robert M. Gates '65, L.H.D. '98. | Aug 09, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: CBS News - Full Interview: Former Defense Secretary Robert Gates. | Jun 24, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: The Guardian - Robert Gates: Republicans' grasp of national security is at a child's level. | Jul 03, 2024 | ||
| First paragraph modernization. | Apr 29, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Council on Foreign Relations - Robert M. Gates, Defense Secretary. | Nov 29, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: The American Academy of Diplomacy - Robert Gates. | Sep 15, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Tri-C Cuyahoga Communty College - Biography of Robert M. Gates. | Aug 04, 2023 | ||
| Links added. | May 10, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: National Football Foundation - Robert M. Gates. | Jun 12, 2022 | ||
| Add new Web site: National Constitution Center - Robert Gates. | Jun 12, 2022 | ||
| Added the book Exercise of Power. | Nov 20, 2020 | ||
| Noted that he was chancellor of the College of William & Mary, closed out his term as president of the Boy Scouts of America, and added the book A Passion for Leadership. | Jun 22, 2018 | ||
| Added that the Boy Scouts of America ended its ban on gay troop leaders. | Jul 28, 2015 | ||
| Added that he was president of the Boy Scouts and that he urged the organization to drop its ban on gay troop leaders. | May 21, 2015 | ||
| Noted release of memoir. | Jan 16, 2014 | ||
| Add new Web site: Fact Monster - People - Biography of Robert M. Gates. | Jul 19, 2011 | ||
| Add new Web site: U.S. Department of War - Dr. Robert M. Gates. | Jul 19, 2011 | ||
| Add new Web site: Spartacus Educational - Biography of Robert Michael Gates. | Jul 19, 2011 | ||
| Noted Robert Gates's retirement. | Jul 01, 2011 | ||
| In 2011 Obama announced that he had selected Leon Panetta to succeed Gates as defense secretary. | Apr 28, 2011 | ||
| Added image of Robert Gates. | Feb 21, 2011 | ||
| Media added. | Mar 20, 2009 | ||
| Added that he served as secretary of defense in the administration of Barack Obama. | Jan 20, 2009 | ||
| Updated to reflect his selection to the cabinet of President-elect Barack Obama as secretary of defense. | Dec 01, 2008 | ||
| New article added. | Jun 15, 2007 |
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