Posts Tagged ‘gates’
Protesters block some gates at western US ports (AP)
AP – Hundreds of Wall Street protesters blocked gates at some of the West Coast’s busiest ports on Monday, delaying truck traffic in a day of demonstrations that organizers hope will cut into the profits of the corporations that run the docks.
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Gates: Military pressure key to talks with Taliban (AP)
AP – As President Barack Obama nears a decision on an Afghanistan troop withdrawal, his retiring defense secretary says he doesn’t believe the Taliban will engage in serious talks about ending their fight until they are under extreme military pressure.
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Are Priscilla Chan and Mark Zuckerberg engaged? Bill Gates seems to think so
Could Mark Zuckerberg be changing his relationship status on Facebook from “in a relationship” to “married”?
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Gates: NATO alliance future could be ‘dim, dismal’ (AP)
AP – In a stern rebuke, U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates warned Friday that the future of the historic NATO military alliance is at risk because of European penny-pinching and distaste for front-line combat. The United States won’t carry the alliance as a charity case, the outgoing Pentagon chief said.
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Gates blasts NATO, questions future of alliance (AP)
AP – America’s military alliance with Europe — the cornerstone of U.S. security policy for six decades — faces a “dim, if not dismal” future, U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Friday in a blunt valedictory address.
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Gates: no US ‘rush for the exits’ in Afghanistan (AP)
AP – U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates says there will be no “rush for the exits” by the United States in Afghanistan when President Barack Obama announces details of cuts in American troop numbers in the 10-year war against Taliban insurgents.
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Gates says US support troops should go home first (AP)
AP – A soon-to-begin U.S. troop withdrawal from Afghanistan should leave combat power intact as long as possible to press an anti-Taliban offensive, U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Sunday. He said support troops should go first.
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