US Secretary of Defense Robert Gates has expressed regret over a US House committee’s labeling killings of Anatolian Armenians as genocide, while voicing awareness of probable “damaging” impacts of the US House committee’s resolution on Turkey-US relations.
(2010-03-15 00:00:00)
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad arrived on Wednesday for a visit to Afghanistan, after US Secretary of Defense Robert Gates said he was wary of Tehran’s influence in the country.
(2010-03-11 00:00:00)
US Defense Secretary Robert Gates raised the possibility Wednesday that some of the US forces involved in the Afghanistan surge could leave the country before President Barack Obama's announced July 2011 date to begin withdrawal.
(2010-03-10 00:00:00)
US Secretary of Defense Robert Gates told troops in southern Afghanistan on Tuesday they would soon be part of a “decisive phase” in the war -- an operation to impose control over the Taliban heartland of Kandahar province.
(2010-03-10 00:00:00)
U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates told troops in southern Afghanistan on Tuesday to brace for a tough fight as generals readied plans to battle the Taliban in Kandahar. Gates is on the second day o...
(2010-03-09 12:03:39)