Robert M Gates

China's military conducted a test flight of a new stealth fighter jet on Tuesday, overshadowing an important visit to Beijing by Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates aimed at improving defense ties -- and apparently catching China's civilian leadership off guard. Staging the test flight of the long-secret J-20 while Mr. Gates was in Beijing amounted t...

Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates on Thursday rejected assertions that a fractious internal debate had hobbled policy for Afghanistan, expressing full confidence in the strategy and saying that he expected no major shift in direction when the Obama administration completed a review of the war effort in December.

Defense Secretary Robert M Gates has opened an inquiry into whether a top Defense Department official violated Pentagon rules by setting up a network of private contractors to gather intelligence in Pakistan and Afghanistan.

China's military conducted a test flight of a new stealth fighter jet on Tuesday, overshadowing an important visit to Beijing by Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates aimed at improving defense ties -- and apparently catching China's civilian leadership off guard. Staging the test flight of the long-secret J-20 while Mr. Gates was in Beijing amounted t...

Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates on Thursday rejected assertions that a fractious internal debate had hobbled policy for Afghanistan, expressing full confidence in the strategy and saying that he expected no major shift in direction when the Obama administration completed a review of the war effort in December.

Defense Secretary Robert M Gates has opened an inquiry into whether a top Defense Department official violated Pentagon rules by setting up a network of private contractors to gather intelligence in Pakistan and Afghanistan.