Asian Affairs Expert: China Has No Veto On US-Taiwan Arms Trade

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. (0:12)

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U.S. Left With Serious Repair Work Following WikiLeaks Scandal, Says Gates

Defense Secretary Robert Gates told reporters Thursday that the U.S. will have to repair trust with allies and collaborators after thousands of classified military documents were leaked online. (0:17)

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Gates Enlists FBI In WikiLeaks Probe

Defense Secretary Robert Gates told reporters Thursday that he has asked FBI director Robert Mueller to help investigate the leak of thousands of classified military documents. (0:15)

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U.S. Will Not Use Nuclear Weapons Against Cooperative Nations, Says Gates

Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Tuesday that the U.S. will be restricted from using or threatening to use nuclear weapons against non-nuclear armed nations that have signed the NPT, even if said nations launch a biological or chemical attack. (0:13)
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Defense Secretary Gates Dismisses Conspiracy Theories From Pakistan

Defense Secretary Robert Gates dismissed a number of conspiracy theories that have originated in Pakistan as nonsense. Gates explained that the U.S. was not interested in taking over the country's nuclear arsenal or pose an occupation. (0:23)
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Food Shortage In Haiti Could Lead To Violence, Says Defense Secretary Gates

Defense Secretary Robert Gates told reporters that the lack of food and water in Haiti could lead to violence. (0:09)
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Defense Secretary Gates: Haiti Has More Landing Areas, But Ground Transportation Still A Concern

Defense Secretary Robert Gates told reporters that Haiti has more landing areas for helicopters, but continues to face concerns over ground transportation. (0:14)
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Defense Secretary Gates: Violent Extremists Currently Have Momentum In Afghanistan

Defense Secretary Robert Gates said during a hearing with the Senate Foreign Relations Committee Wednesday that the Taliban and other violent extremists currently have the momentum in Afghanistan.

“We are already in a situation in which they are emboldened ... and where they have the momentum right now. It’s not clear to me what more they can do than they can’t do right now,” said Gates. (0:24)

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Secretary Gate's personal view that a "modest" amount of troops will remain in Iraq after 2011

By Kayleigh Harvey - Talk Radio News Service

Secretary of Defense, Robert Gates, backed up President Obama's statement today, in a conference cal,l that all U.S. combat troops will be out of Iraq by August 31, 2010 and that all U.S. troops would leave Iraq by 2011. Gates said that if Iraqi forces asked for U.S. troops to remain, he believed people "should be prepared to have a very modest size presence" remaining in Iraq.
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Secretary Gates: Non-combat troops left in Iraq after 2010 will have combat capability

By Kayleigh Harvey - Talk Radio News Service

Secretary of Defense Robert Gates hosted a conference call where he discussed Obama's strategy to end the war in Iraq. Following the President's lead, Gates said, that all combat troops will be out of Iraq by August 31, 2010, but the non-combat troops left in Iraq "will have combat capability."
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Senator Levin gets tough on Secretary Gates

Senator Levin discusses differences in the testimonies of Secretary Gates and General Petraeus. He also disagrees with the Secretary going off of "hope."(1:29)
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Secretary Gates discusses Iraq

Secretary Gates discusses progress in Iraq and the decision making process(1:05)
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Director of the Department of International Relations on Turkey's Withdrawal from Northern Iraq

Henri Barkey, the director of the Department of International Relations at the Woodrow Wilson Center talks about Turkey's political agenda regarding the withdrawal from Northern Iraq.
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Chairman Levin and Secretary Gates discuss security agreements.

Chairman Levin explains that promising security and signing agreementson that matter is uncostitutional, especially without the participation of the Senate. Secretary Gates responds. (1:26)
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Chairman Levin of the Armed Forces Committee asks Secretary Gates about the Budget Proposal

 On today's hearing, Chairman Carl Levin asks about the total amount of money needed by the Department of Defense. (0:32)
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Pentagon press secretary Geoff Morrell answers a question about the NATO alliance and counterinsurgency during a press conference at the Pentagon.

Pentagon spokesman Geoff Morrell answers a question about fallout from the NATO alliance after comments made last week by Secretary of Defense Robert Gates about how NATO was not well trained in counterinsurgency. (0:58)
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