Asian Affairs Expert: No Invite To China Military Exercises Is Non Issue

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.

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China Always Opposed To Taiwanese Arms Sales 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. (0:19)

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Gates Says Iraqi Prime Minister Agrees That U.S. Military Presence In Iraq Will Likely Extend Past 2011

U.S. Department of Defense Secretary Robert Gates says it hasn't been finalized, but he and Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki are thinking about a "longer-term" relationship between the Iraq and the United States' militaries. (0:19)
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Gates Says He Wouldn't Be Surprised If U.S. Troops Remain In Iraq Past 2011

U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates says he won't be surprised if U.S. troops remain in Iraq past the 2011 benchmark, saying Iraqi soldiers will need to be operationally and strategically prepared before foreign troops can leave Iraq. Gates says troop presence in both Iraq and Afghanistan is "very likely to continue beyond the end of our combat operations." (0:37)
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