But in one passage that could raise problems for her if she runs for president in 2016, Gates says she conceded privately in a meeting with him and Obama that her opposition to sending more troops ...

Gates, the only secretary of defense in U.S. history to keep his job with a newly elected president, said Obama was always kind to him personally and that Obama always made "decisions based on ...

In his memoir, Robert Gates wrote that Mr. Obama did not always live up to budget agreements with him and suspected the top brass of conspiracies against the commander in chief.

Former Defense Secretary Robert Gates, in a book due out later this month, describes President Obama as "a man of personal integrity" who nonetheless was skeptical of his administration's "surge ...

Robert Gates, the former defense secretary under President Obama, reiterated in a CBS "60 Minutes" interview that aired Sunday night that he believes President Biden has been wrong on nearly every ...

In the book, Gates says Obama has integrity, but has glowing praise for Clinton, calling her "smart, idealistic but pragmatic, tough-minded, indefatigable, funny" — and it goes on.

Robert Gates, who served as defense secretary for the Obama administration, paused for a moment and said "I don't know" in an interview Sunday when asked if he thinks former VP Joe Biden would be ...

Robert Gates, the only secretary of defense to serve under presidents from two different parties, ... Now I will say that in the-- in the Obama administration, ...

Joe Biden FLASHBACK: Obama Defense Sec. says Biden as VP was wrong on nearly every big foreign policy issue Robert Gates said he thought Biden, who visits Pentagon Wednesday, had 'issues with the ...

After the Bush presidency, President Obama asked Robert Gates to stay on to manage the war in Afghanistan. He became the first defense secretary to serve under presidents from both parties.

Before Obama made his decision about the surge, the Pentagon tried to box him in. McChrystal, the field commander, issued a report, which Gates reveals was leaked to Bob Woodward by McChrystal’s ...