Gates: Gaddafi's Ouster Not Part Of Military Mission

At a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on the situation in Libya Thursday, Defense Secretary Robert Gates discussed the aims of the NATO-led mission in Libya. (0:45)

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China Becoming Increasingly Assertive And Aggressive Says Asian Affairs Expert

Dean Cheng, an Asian Studies researcher at the Heritage Foundation in Washington, D.C., discusses U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates’ comments in Hanoi this week regarding China’s aggravation over America’s selling of arms to the government of Taiwan. (0:27)

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Taiwan Air Force Trying To Keep Pace With Modernizing China Says Asian affairs expect

Dean Cheng, an Asian Studies researcher at the Heritage Foundation in Washington, D.C., discusses U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates’ comments in Hanoi this week regarding China’s aggravation over America’s selling of arms to the government of Taiwan. (0:44)

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U.S. Has Been Attentive To Latin American Relations, Says Defense Secretary Gates

Department of Defense Secretary Robert Gates says the U.S. has paid a fair amount of attention to Latin American relations. Gates adds that the U.S. has been "attentive." (0:23)
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Sen. Shelby To Gates: New Pentagon Contract Shows Favoritism

Sen. Richard Shelby (R-Ala.) says he and his fellow Alabama delegates sent a letter to Defense Secretary Robert Gates attempting to demonstrate how a new Request for Proposal (RFP) for a KC-X aerial refueling tanker is unfairly leaning in favor of the manufacturer Boeing. (0:32)
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Hillary Clinton Says Robert Gates Is Best Partner And Leader America Could Ask For

Secretary of State Hilary Clinton says Defense Secretary Robert Gates is the best partner and leader America could ask for as the United States faces the "responsibility history has placed upon us." Sec. Gates was honored with the George C. Marshall Foundation Award Friday on the 50th anniversary of Marshall's death. (0:25)
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