Robert Michael Gates Bio/Wiki, Net Worth, Married 2018
Robert Michael Gates (born September 25, 1943) is an American statesman and university president who served as the 22nd United States Secretary of Defense from 2006 to 2011. Gates served for 26 years in the Central Intelligence Agency and the National Security Council, and under President George H. W. Bush was Director of Central Intelligence. Gates was also an officer in the United States Air Force and during the early part of his military career, he was recruited by the CIA. After leaving the CIA, Gates became president of Texas A&M University and was a member of several corporate boards. Gates served as a member of the Iraq Study Group, the bipartisan commission co-chaired by James A. Baker III and Lee H. Hamilton, that studied the lessons of the Iraq War.Gates was nominated by Republican President George W. Bush as Secretary of Defense after the 2006 election, replacing Donald Rumsfeld. He was confirmed with bipartisan support. In a 2007 profile written by former National Security Advisor Zbigniew Brzezinski, Time named Gates one of the year's most influential people. In 2008, Gates was named one of America's Best Leaders by U.S. News & World Report. He continued to serve as Secretary of Defense in President Barack Obama's administration. He retired in 2011. “He’ll be remembered for making us aware of the danger of over-reliance on military intervention as an instrument of American foreign policy,” said former Senator David L. Boren. Gates was presented the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation's highest civilian award, by President Obama during his retirement ceremony. According to a Washington Post book review, he is "widely considered the best defense secretary of the post-World War II era".Since leaving the Obama Administration, Gates has been elected President of the Boy Scouts of America, served as Chancellor of the College of William & Mary, and become a member of several corporate boards.
Part of his 2009 commencement speech: During the Revolution, a man in civilian clothes rode past a redoubt being repaired. The commander was shouting orders but not helping. When the rider asked why, the supervisor of the work detail retorted 'Sir, I am a corporal.' The stranger apologized, dismounted, and helped repair the redoubt. When he was done, he turned toward the supervisor and said 'Mr. Corporal, next time you have a job like this and not enough men to do it, go to your Commander-in-Chief, and I will come and help you again.' Too late, the corporal recognized George Washington. The power of example in leadership.
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Will step down as Secretary of Defense in 2011.
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President of Texas A&M, 2002-2006.
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Director of Central Intelligence, 1991-1993.
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Deputy Director of Central Intelligence, 1986-1989.
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Served in the US Air Force as a Second Lieutenant during the Vietnam War from 1967-1969. He briefed air crews as an Intelligence officer.
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Recruited by the CIA in 1966. Had to leave briefly due to military obligations.
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Is an Eagle Scout.
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He was the 2009 Commencement Speaker at the United States Military Academy.
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U.S. Defense Secretary since December 18, 2006.
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US Deputy National Security Advisor from March 20, 1989 - November 6, 1991.
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Year
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National Geographic: Inside 9/11
2005
TV Mini-Series documentary special thanks - 1 episode
Self
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Year
Status
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This Week
2016-2017
TV Series
Himself - Author / Himself - Former Defense Secretary
Today
2017
TV Series
Himself
Meet the Press
2011-2016
TV Series
Himself - Former Defense Secretary / Himself / Himself - Secretary of Defense
CBS This Morning
2015-2016
TV Series
Himself - Former CIA Director / Himself - Author, A Passion for Leadership / Himself - Former U.S. Defense Secretary
Face the Nation
2014-2016
TV Series
Himself / Himself - Former U.S. Defense Secretary / Himself - Guest
Inside Obama's White House
2016
TV Mini-Series documentary
Himself - Defence Secretary
Fox Files
2016
TV Series
Himself - Secretary of Defense, 2006-2011
Spymasters: CIA in the Crosshairs
2015
Documentary
Himself
Thank You for Your Service
2015/I
Documentary
Fox and Friends
2014-2015
TV Series
Himself - Former U.S. Defense Secretary / Himself
Charlie Rose
1995-2015
TV Series
Himself - Guest
CNN Newsroom
2014
TV Series
Fox News Sunday
2011-2014
TV Series
Himself - Former Defense Secretary / Himself - U.S. Secretary of Defense
The Daily Show
2014
TV Series
Himself
War on Whistleblowers: Free Press and the National Security State
2013
Documentary
Himself - Former Secretary of Defense
Putin, Russia and the West
2011
TV Series documentary
Himself / Himself - Secretary of Defense, U.S.
Dispatches
2011
TV Series documentary
Himself - U.S. Defense Secretary
60 Minutes
1998-2011
TV Series documentary
Himself - Defense Secretary (segment "The Soldiers' Secretary") / Himself - Defense Secretary (segment "Secretary of War") / Himself - Former CIA Director (segment "The Silent Service")
Breakfast
2011
TV Series
Himself - US Defence Secretary
The Situation Room
2009
TV Series
Himself
ABC World News Tonight with David Muir
2007
TV Series
Himself
Soviet War Scare 1983
2007
TV Movie documentary
Himself (as Robert M. Gates)
Channel 4 News
2007
TV Series
Himself - US Defence Secretary
Texas Monthly Talks
2005
TV Series
Himself - Interviewee
CIA: Guerres secrètes
2003
TV Movie documentary
Himself
The Cold War and Beyond
2002
Documentary
Himself (as Robert M. Gates)
The Gulf War
1996
TV Movie
Himself
CNN Presents: Terror Nation? U.S. Creation?
1994
TV Movie
Himself - Former CIA Director
The Mike Douglas Show
1980
TV Series
Himself - Col. Gates
Archive Footage
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Status
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Shaun Micallef's Mad as Hell
2014
TV Series
Himself
We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks
2013
Documentary
Himself
The Hunt for Bin Laden
2012
TV Movie documentary
Himself
America's Book of Secrets
2012
TV Series documentary
Himself
The Strange History of Don't Ask, Don't Tell
2011
Documentary
Himself
The Bolt Report
2011
TV Series
Himself
Democracy Now!
2011
TV Series
Himself
Zapp
2011
TV Series
Himself
Voice of America News
2011
TV Series
Himself - Secretary of Defense
Iran and the West
2009
TV Series documentary
Himself
No End in Sight
2007
Documentary
Himself
Known for movies
Thank You for Your Service (2015) as Actor
CNN Presents: Terror Nation? U.S. Creation? (1994) as Himself - Former CIA Director
War on Whistleblowers: Free Press and the National Security State (2013) as Himself - Former Secretary of Defense
$1.6 Million
