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While worrisome, North Korea's nuclear and missile tests have not reached a crisis level that would warrant additional U.S. troops ...

Defense Secretary Robert Gates is on a delicate mission, seeking to reassure long-term U.S. allies in the Persian Gulf region ...

The Obama administration expects "significant new commitments" from allies on troops or civilian assistance for Afghanistan before an April summit, U.S.

CENTCOM commander Gen. David Petraeus, supported by Defence Secretary Robert Gates, tried to convince President Barack Obama that he had to back down from his campaign pledge to withdraw all U.S. combat troops from Iraq within 18 months at an Oval Office meeting Jan. 21.

If the unthinkable happens on Inauguration Day, Robert Gates, the defense secretary, will be available to assume the reigns of government.