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- NAME: Robert Gates
- OCCUPATION: Government Official
- BIRTH DATE: September 25, 1943 (Age: 69)
- EDUCATION: College of William and Mary, Indiana University, Georgetown University
- PLACE OF BIRTH: Wichita, Kansas
- Full Name: Robert Michael Gates
- AKA: Robert M. Gates
- AKA: Robert Gates
- ZODIAC SIGN: Libra
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Robert Gates served as director of the CIA under George H.W. Bush before serving as secretary of defense under presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama.
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In November 2008, it was rumored that newly elected President Barack Obama would keep Gates as secretary of defense for yet another term. On December 1, 2008, President Obama officially declared that Gates would continue to be part of the presidential cabinet in 2009.
While serving in the Obama Administration, Gates supported overturning the policy of Don't Ask, Don't Tell. He officially retired as secretary of defense in July 2,
2011. During his farewell ceremony on June 30, 2011, President Obama presented Gates with the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the United States' highest civilian honor, and called Gates "one of the nation's finest public servants," who "challenged conventional wisdom" and ultimately reduced unnecessary spending in the U.S. military by hundreds of billions.
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