Former U.S. Secretary of Defense Dr. Robert M. Gates (Reuters/Hyungwon Kang)
Speed Read: Juiciest Bits From Secretary of Defense Bob Gates’ ‘Duty’ -- William O'Connor, Daily Beast
In his eagerly anticipated memoir ‘Duty,’ former Defense Secretary Robert Gates pulls no punches about President Obama, a threat from David Petraeus, and Nancy Pelosi’s bad side.
Famous for the decisions he made in two wars as well as for serving two presidents of opposing parties, Robert Gates’s memoir Duty leaves little room for misunderstanding how he saw people or events during his time as secretary of defense. Here are some of the juiciest bits from the memoir.
He Wasn’t Awed by Obama
Whether it was his age (his nickname in the Obama administration became Yoda) or that he was a remnant of the Bush administration, Gates writes that he initially felt somewhat out of place. When he was in meetings during the first half-year and staffers would hit the Bush team, Gates wondered, “Am I invisible?” He disapproved of their arguments that the Bush team had destroyed relations around the world, and writes that “discussions in the Situation Room allowed no room for discriminating analysis: Everything was awful, and Obama and his team had arrived just in time to save the day.”
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Commentaries And Reactions To Former U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates Memoir
5 takeaways from Robert Gates' explosive new memoir -- Jon Terbush, The Week
Top 10 Revelations From Robert Gates’s Memoir -- Wall Street Journal
Book review: ‘Duty: Memoirs of a Secretary at War’ by Robert M. Gates -- Greg Jaffe, Washington Post
Krauthammer on Gates' revelations about Obama: 'How can a commander-in-chief do that?' -- FOX News
Why Does Obama Want to Extend a War He Doesn’t Believe In? -- George Zornick, The Nation
Former Defense Secretary Bob Gates' Memoir Doesn't Make Anyone Look Good -- Government Executive
The Day Bob Gates Almost Quit -- Kevin Baron, Defense One
Republicans use Gates’ new book to hammer Clinton, Biden -- CNN
Bob Woodward's Incoherent Afghanistan Scoop Shows His Anti-Obama Bias -- Isaac Chotiner, New Republic
How Bob Gates’s memoir could haunt Hillary in 2016 -- Chris Cillizza, Washington Post
Robert Gates was wrong on the most important issue he ever faced -- Max Fisher, Washington Post
WNU Editor: I expect more commentaries and reactions in the next day or two. This post will be updated on Wednesday at 17:00 EST.
1 comment:
I have long learnedz to distrust autobiographies, with special pleading to show how good the writer was during the time he held whatever office. It takes a good biography to correct the history of the autobiographer.
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