I love doing book signings after our presentation and we have signed thousands. Gates for a book signing of a passion for leadership. Youve been very generous with your time, but national security stuff is complicated. Bob gates memoir slams joe biden for being wrong on. Gates did not take questions from the press who showed up to cover the book signing, though he did take a quick question from someone in line who asked gates. Gates gives us a forthright, impassioned, sometimes conflicted account of his four and a half years as defense secretary in his fascinating new memoir duty, a book. Both events are free and open to members of the campus community as well as the general public. During his many decades of government service, beginning all the way back in 1969 when he joined the cia as a junior analyst covering the soviet union, robert m. Gates served as secretary of defense under both president george w. According to the new york times, which obtained an early copy of the memoir, gates calls biden a man of integrity, but questions his record. I may be the secretary of defense, but i am also an. Gates offers the ultimate insiders look at how leaders can transform large organizations and companies.
Washington has been abuzz this past week over the new memoir by former secretary of defense robert gates. Bush and as secretary of defense 200611 in the administrations of presidents george w. Gates gives us a forthright, impassioned, sometimes conflicted account of his four and a half years as defense secretary in his fascinating new memoir duty, a book that is highly. Both events are free and open to members of the campus community as. Claim agent for workers compensation and appeal board as part of their social responsibility to the citizens in the aspect that impacts peoples lifestyle. Robert michael gates born september 25, 1943 was the 22nd united states secretary of defense. It is the authors opportunity to really connect with the audience and interact oneonone, however briefly.
Both the talk and signing are free and open to the public. Robert gates, former secretary of defense, signs his new book duty for an attendee thursday morning at the clear creek post exchange on fort hood. Gates will host a signing and discussion for his new book a passion for leadership. Lessons on change and reform from 50 years of public service. Jan 22, 2016 the pentagon acknowledges that they get attacked about 100,000 times a day. With skilled, humble leadership, even the most nightmarish of bureaucracies can be reformed into an efficient and productive endeavor. I had a great weekend in boston, a book signing at the harvard coop bookstore, and an interview with wzbc, boston news.
Get this book free when you sign up for a 30 day trial. Jan 03, 2014 former defense secretary robert gates is playing hurt as he plans his book tour for later this month. Robert gates simple english wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Boy scouts, organization, originally for boys from 11 to 14 or 15 years of age, that aimed to develop in them good citizenship, chivalrous behavior, and skill in outdoor activities. Former secretary of defense robert gates on his new book a. To judge from the pages of his book, many of his expressions of outrage were indeed motivated by selfserving bureaucrats or members of congress who. Whistleblower punches a hole in memoir from robert gates. The picture souza snapped of the meeting is notable for its rawness. If a 600page book about how doesnt quite get at why, then a twohour conversation in his study. Gates served in that position under obama and president george w. Gates will be on a book tour for the next six weeks. He was known as a savvy manager of the bureaucracy and a ruthlessly efficient defense secretary. He had joined the cia as a soviet analyst out of graduate school during the days of the high cold warthe soviet invasion to crush. Jan 21, 2014 gates signed books for the soldout crowd after the event.
Bush but was retained for service by president barack obama. Gates especially felt a great responsibility signing orders for troops to deploy. Gates will offer brief welcoming remarks before taking questions from the audience. Former secretary of defense robert gates, author of duty. The former defense secretary says that obama eventually lost faith in the troop. Jan 27, 2016 the event, part of the universitys charter day weekend activities, will begin at 5. He wears his duty, though, like a millstone around his neck. Chamber of commerce bob gates will go on book tour despite broken neck obama 14 issues.
Gates generally travels from wa, usa and can be booked for private corporate events, personal appearances, keynote speeches, or other performances. Gates was here to discuss and sign copies of his new memoir, duty. Lessons on change and reform from fifty years of public service. Robert gates was in town tuesday promoting his new book, duty, about his days as. Jan 07, 2014 robert gates new book is starting to leak out, and it may give president obama and his aides some heartburn. The book is an outgrowth of management and leadership aphorisms that rumsfeld wrote and put on 3x5 notecards. Bush and barack obama during the wars in iraq and afghanistan. Even before former secretary of defense bob gatess book duty. He took office on december 18, 2006 under george w.
Biden claims hes known as a foreign policy expert, but. Gates, age 70, is wearing a neck brace after fracturing a vertebrae during a new years day. But so it went in washington in midjanuary, when erstwhile defense secretary robert gates came to the pentagon to sign copies of his blistering account of his time in the obama administration. I think he has been wrong on nearly every major foreign policy and national security issue over the past four decades, gates wrote in his book, duty. Lecture and book signing with former secretary of defense robert gates. My memoir has been hijacked by politics today show. Gates, audiobook narrated by george newbern, robert m. January 14, 2014, a strikingly candid, vividly written account of his experience serving presidents george w. January 14, 2014, a strikingly candid, vividly written account of his. Book bob woodward for speaking, events and appearances. In 2014, robert gates, former director of the cia and secretary of defense, said of woodward, he has an extraordinary ability to get otherwise responsible adults to spill their guts to him. Lessons on change and reform from fifty years of public service, released jan.
Gates began his career serving as an officer in the united states air force but was quickly recruited by the central intelligence agency. Gates, who led the cia from 1991 to 1993 and the pentagon from 2006 to 2011, was asked if he was surprised by. Obama to chinese water torture, every day saying, the military cant be trusted. That was among the core messages chancellor robert m. The five books on my endofyear list will help you start 2020 on a good note. Gates, in full robert michael gates, born september 25, 1943, wichita, kansas, u. The boy scout movement was founded in great britain in 1908 by lieutenant general robert s. Former defense secretary robert gates is playing hurt as he plans his book tour for later this month. A book signing with robert gates will follow the program. Maybe it was the strain of more than four years of signing deployment orders that he knew. Gates signed books for the soldout crowd after the event.
Line out the door at pentagon for robert gates book that. Gates is a keynote speaker and industry expert who speaks on a wide range of topics. Face the nation moderator margaret brennan sat down for an interview with robert gates, former defense secretary and cia director, on the. F ormer secretary of defense robert gates has harsh words for vice president joe bidens foreign policy judgement in his soontobereleased memoir according to the new york times, which. Biden and clinton were cia director john brennan, secretary of defense robert gates, and photographer pete souza. Gates discusses his newest book, a passion for leadership. Robert michael gates born september 25, 1943 is an american statesman, scholar, intelligence analyst, and university president who served as the 22nd united states secretary of defense from 2006 to 2011.
What might occasionally sound to the reader like disrespect for important institutions and processes of government gates is, instead, offering as an honest telling of how he felt as a person in that particular moment. Obama in which both of them acknowledged that they opposed sending reinforcement troops to iraq when the fighting. Book sale proceeds benefit the lbj presidential library. That evidently is a fertile frame of mind in which to write a book like this one. I very much appreciated the opportunity to discuss with john grebe, the host of the show, the mindlessness of talking about an attack on iran as if it were morally acceptable and practically doable.
On gatess last day in office in 2011, president obama awarded him the. Bush and barack obamas administrations until his retirement on july 1, 2011 prior to this, gates served for 26 years in the central intelligence agency and the united states national security council. His eyes say it, but a phlegmy murmur confirms it anyway. Jan 07, 2014 f ormer secretary of defense robert gates has harsh words for vice president joe bidens foreign policy judgement in his soontobereleased memoir according to the new york times, which. From muhammad to isis is the first onevolume history of jihad in the english language, and the first book to tell the whole truth about islams bloody history in an age when islamic jihadis are more assertive in western countries than they have been for centuries. In new book white house photographer throws shade at. June 30, 2011 robert gates and president obama salute during a farewell ceremony for gates as outgoing defense secretary. In new book white house photographer throws shade at president trump. Gayl planned to take issue with gates on that, as well as the contribution of others like himself in getting the mraps rolling who go unmentioned in his memoir at his pentagon book signing. Joe biden, and robert gates toward military action. The history of jihad book by robert spencer official. Robert gates to speak about new book during charter day. During a virtual town hall event on unemployment and issues facing working families, joe biden claimed that people refer to him as a foreign policy expert.
He also served as an officer in the united states air force and worked for the central intelligence agency before being appointed director of the agency by president george h. Former defense secretary robert gates in the study of his home in skagit county. On the day souzas book hit stores, obama was traveling the nation stumping for. Its very difficult to communicate with the public about, secretary gates. Signin to download and listen to this audiobook today. Clinton by relaying a conversation she had with mr. With three different positions in intelligence and national security during the george h. F ormer defense secretary robert gates book sparked a firestorm upon its release in january, although you would never have predicted it by its humdrum title. Gates plans book tour while in neck brace usa today. Gates served as secretary of defense from 2006 to 2011. Now secretary gates speaks for himself in his first television interview about his book. Im talking with robert gates, former secretary of defense. In his memoir duty, the former defense secretary robert m. Former secretary of defense robert gates has harsh words for vice president joe bidens foreign policy judgement in his soontobereleased memoir.
The committee continued to hear testimony on robert gates, former deputy director of central intelligence, during the third day of mr. He also served as an officer in the united states air force and worked for. Robert gates testified on day two of his confirmation hearings for director of the central intelligence agency. Gates gives us a forthright, impassioned, sometimes conflicted account of his four and a half years as defense secretary in his fascinating new memoir duty, a book that is highly revealing about decision making in both the obama and bush white houseshis writing is informed not only by a keen sense of historical context, but also by. In his meetings with the media prior to the event, gates noted the major construction projects on the campus, including at kyle field. Prior to his role as the secretary of defense, robert gates served for over a. Gates slams biden in memoir, reveals he nearly quit time. Lyndon johnson, robert mcnamara, the joint chiefs of staff, and the lies that led to vietnam by h. Not only has no one ever said that, but robert gates, who served as president obamas defense secretary, said he was wrong on everything. The event, part of the universitys charter day weekend activities, will begin at 5. Calling himself the soldiers secretary, he was motivated by a deep need to protect the troops whose combat orders he signed. The only store specifically for marines and their families.
Bush presidency, robert gates offers unique perspectives on the soviet unions demise, the gulf war, removing noriega from power in panama, the impact of the cold wars end on eastern europe and latin america, and the political crisis in the philippines. Former defense secretary robert gates embraces retired life. It is page turning reading for anyone wanting to read a down to earth biography, which contains fascinating glimpses into the inner and often hidden world of a. Gates, age 70, is wearing a neck brace after fracturing a vertebrae during a new years day fall at his home in seattle, wash. In duty, on the other hand, robert gates gives us a pretty solid and fair account of his time in office as secretary of defense.
Robert michael gates is an american statesman, scholar, intelligence analyst, and university president who served as the 22nd united states secretary of defense from 2006 to 2011. Robert gates served as the 22nd secretary of defense between 2006 and 2011, considered the best at his job in the post world war ii era is generally seen as a straightshooter who plays. February 18, 1987 robert gates confirmation hearing. It provided a great deal of daryl gates personal background, experiences and expectations of the position of being an l. Robert gates and his wife, becky, have taken a personal interest in big lake elementary school, donating time and materials to the school. Jan 22, 2014 robert gates embodies and personifies that experience, and this is why his book is so important. What i say in the book was that the president conceded that a lot of opposition to the surge had been political.
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