One quote shows the radical transformation of the pentagon under robert gates. The reason for the pentagons shape is no myth, but other conspiracy theories and. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading pentagon papers. Gates sharply criticized nato nations on friday for what he said were shortages of military spending and political will, warning of a dim if not dismal. Gates is the author of duty, and a passion for leadership. After serving six presidents in both the cia and the national security council, robert m. Its fitting that, as part 3 of roger morris monumental portrait of robert gates, the cia, and a halfcenturyplus of american covert action comes to a close, a cia document dump of previously secret materials from the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s has put the years when our secretary of defense first entered the agency back in the news. Pentagon pick returns to city he gladly left the new york times.
An icon in the shape of a persons head and shoulders. Pcol writes the washington post is running a story on the design process for the pentagon building and why it ended up with its unusual shape. Gates sharply criticized nato nations on friday for what he said were shortages of military spending and political will, warning of a. Gates, and the pentagons response, was to decry its being leaked and then to ignore it by excluding the ambassador from all deliberations and never answering the challenges that he had laid out. Sign up for news about books, authors, and more from penguin random. But curbing the pentagons appetite for expensive new weapons could be his biggest challenge yet. Jan 10, 2014 of the book s more than 600 pages, perhaps only 10 would reflect badly on either president that he served as pentagon chief. Colonel batemans account of a ceremony that takes place every friday at the u. Nov 20, 2009 the shootings at fort hood raise a number of troubling questions that demand complete but prompt answers, gates said during a pentagon briefing. So much so that it would shape some of my most significant decisions and positions. Gates left washington after completing 14 months as head of the central intelligence agency saying it was time to get a life. You know, hes very effusive, robert gates, in his praise of hillary clinton in the book, calling her remarkable, very, very supportive of the job she did as secretary of state. Robert gates to step down in 2011 the wall street journal.
Line out the door at pentagon for robert gates book that riled dc. The pentagon is certainly one of the most iconic buildings located in the washington, d. The week business waved goodbye to the vshape recovery. Different experiences and approaches to evolving events shaped them in. He is a publicspirited republican who agreed to stay on at the pentagon under a president of the other party after george. Cafepress brings your passions to life with the perfect item for every occasion. The pentagon serves as the headquarters of the united states department of defense. Bush and barack obama and delivers unsentimental assessments.
Throughout my tenure at the pentagon, under both president george w. When it comes to the pentagons new spending budget, the answer is not more money. Aug 16, 2010 gates says he wants to leave pentagon in 2011 robert gates says he wants to retire next year, but will the call of duty cause him to stay longer. Pentagon pick returns to city he gladly left the new. To see what your friends thought of this book, please sign up. Mar 15, 2014 gates, and the pentagon s response, was to decry its being leaked and then to ignore it by excluding the ambassador from all deliberations and never answering the challenges that he had laid out. The book has the actual memos and papers written by those us government officials involved in directing the war. Pentagon to honor the wounded service men and women. The regular pentagon is an example of a cyclic pentagon. Blunt warning from gates reveals nato strains the new york. Lecture and book signing with former secretary of defense robert gates. A 2014 new york times notable book probably one of the best washington memoirs ever. Bush and barack obama during the wars in iraq and afghanistan. Ultimate insider changed the pentagon like no other.
To celebrate our largest ever deals weekend, were giving you 3 months of. We dont know if theyre accurate or not, said robert dacey, chief accountant at gao. An account of a ceremony that takes place every friday at. Gates is quoted telling a group of soldiers wives at fort hood last.
As one of the worlds largest office buildings, it has a floor space of 3,705,793 square feet, or three times. A history reads like a novel, the characters are the architects, the politicians, and the workers. What can robert gates achieve in extra year at pentagon. With three different positions in intelligence and national security during the george h. Jan 11, 2010 what can robert gates achieve in extra year at pentagon. Jun 25, 2007 its fitting that, as part 3 of roger morris monumental portrait of robert gates, the cia, and a halfcenturyplus of american covert action comes to a close, a cia document dump of previously secret materials from the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s has put the years when our secretary of defense first entered the agency back in the news. Former us defence secretary robert gates has joked about the downsides of his old job, including enduring interminable nato meetings and price gouging. As former secretary of defense robert gates has noted, it takes roughly the. Two top obama advisors are about to spill insider details. Its results will inform and largely shape a departmentwide followon examination of any. In recognition of hispanic heritage month, the army welcomed col. The line of hundreds of troops and civilians to have robert gates sign a copy of his new book, duty, snaked through stanchions at the pentagon and wound itself outside on to the sunsoaked.
In july 1941 with world war ii looming, a small group of army officers met to consider a secret plan to provide a permanent home for war department headquarters containing 4 million square feet of office space and housing 40,000 people. An account of a ceremony that takes place every friday at the pentagontruth. Check out the latest music videos, trailers, comedy clips, and everything else that people are watching right now. Former us defence secretary robert gates has joked about the downsides of his old job, including enduring interminable nato meetings and. The pentagon is a five sided building with seven levels five above ground and two basement levels and more than 28 km 17. Gates was here to discuss and sign copies of his new memoir, duty.
Robert michael gates born september 25, 1943 is an american statesman, scholar, intelligence analyst, and university president who served as the 22nd united states secretary of defense from 2006 to 2011. Bush presidency, robert gates offers unique perspectives on the soviet unions demise, the gulf war, removing noriega from power in panama, the impact of the cold wars end on eastern europe and latin america, and the political crisis in the philippines. Republican robert m gatess account of his years in the bush and obama. His book, honor and fidelity, the 65th infantry in korea, 19501953, was about the countrys first allhispanic regulararmy regiment. Secretary of defense robert gates speaks at his final press. I normally dont read books like this, but i picked it up admittedly after vogel made an appearance on the daily show. In contrast, the regular pentagon is unique up to similarity, because it is equilateral and, moreover, it is equiangular its five angles are equal. Gates received a call from the white house in 2006. Bush and as secretary of defense 200611 in the administrations of presidents george w. Gates believed that he had left washington politics behind for goodbut when he received the call from the white house in 2006 to help a nation mired in two wars, he answered what he felt was the call of duty. It is prudent to determine immediately whether there are internal weaknesses or procedural shortcomings in the department that could make us vulnerable in the future. Gates began his career serving as an officer in the united states air force but.
It is a standalone work set in a different fictional timeline from drurys 1959 novel advise and consent, which earned him a pulitzer prize for fiction the novel was published in the united kingdom as the destiny makers in 1988. The circumstances under which i would do that are inconceivable to me, gates replied in an april 2008 pentagon news briefing. Of the book s more than 600 pages, perhaps only 10 would reflect badly on either president that he served as pentagon chief. Robert gates signs copies of his book at the pentagon. Defense secretary robert gates and admiral michael mullen, the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, arent wasting any time at the pentagon briefing this afternoon immediately beginning with a discussion of the stillsecret report by general stanley mcchrystal, the military commander for afghanistan. Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on youtube. Guided by the domino theory if vietnam fell to communist so would the rest of asia, the us government acted as if vietnam was the last redoubt.
Gates served as secretary of defense from 2006 to 2011. In his two years as defense secretary, robert gates has earned high marks for candor and common sense. Blunt warning from gates reveals nato strains the new. Bush but was retained for service by president barack obama. The pentagon is the largest office building by floor area in the world. Steve vogels history of the pentagon reads easy and is completely fascinating. Undaunted by an accident on the eve of his scheduled promotional tour that had him in a unwieldy neck brace, gates, at 70. This doesnt even touch upon the fact that gates has, over the years, made numerous public statements about the need to control the world population and that vaccines offer the best ends to that means. The simple reason is that i wrote a biography of a senior pentagon official that gates. The pentagon has to do more than modernize its conventional forces. Leipold army news service in recognition of hispanic heritage month, the army welcomed col. The pentagon is the home of the united states department of defense located in arlington county, virginia and gets its name from the shape of the building. A cyclic pentagon is one for which a circle called the circumcircle goes through all five vertices. Prior to heading to the book signing, gates had a private meeting with defense secretary chuck hagel.
Nov 19, 2006 pentagon pick returns to city he gladly left. The building also features a large central plaza, known as ground zero, which is also shaped like a pentagon. The building is so iconic that the name is also sometimes used to refer to the actual. A history, author steve vogel overviews a history of the building itself. What kind of shape was the pentagon in when you became secretary. By announcing today that military combat tours would be shortened from 15 to 12 months, president bush was implementing a major recommendation that his pentagon chief made months earlier in a profile earlier this year in the new york times magazine, defense secretary robert m. Reading the pentagon papers is like watching a movie and the ending is already known. Free returns 100% satisfaction guarantee fast shipping. Gates says he wants to leave pentagon in 2011 robert gates says he wants to retire next year, but will the call of duty cause him to stay longer. The administration is on guard after robert gates polarizing memoir.
Defense secretary robert gates plans to step down next year, in a move that would take away a powerful voice on u. Book signing at the pentagon promotes hispanic heritage. A strong and focused national security strategy the. Gates even had a countdown clock that ticked down the days until. Come check out our giant selection of tshirts, mugs, tote bags, stickers and more. This despite the series of pentagon leaks beginning in july of assessments that anything short of the desired surge was a sure failure. Secretary of defense robert gates then noted that, when it comes to their war, there is no big memorial on the national mall. In july 1941 with world war ii looming, a small group of army officers met to consider a secret plan to provide a permanent home for war department headquarters containing 4 million square feet of office space and housing 40,000. His selfportrayal is of a man who goes home most nights to write letters of condolence to the families.
Who designed and built the pentagon want to know it. Historians and policy wonks will bask in the revelations gates provides on major decisions from late 2006 to 2011, the span of his time at the pentagon gates. Mar 26, 2015 when it comes to the pentagons new spending budget, the answer is not more money. If there are bigger lessons from gatess book, the near. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Gates is disappointed at how calculating obama can be. Memoirs of a secretary at war, by robert gates, wh allen, rrp. Movie favorites from the secretary of defense the nation. But i never gave a speech after i became deputy director of central intelligence in 86 that wasnt vetted with the white house, the state department and the defense department. High profile outlets help with the discoverability of our titles.
Pentagon is a 1986 political novel by allen drury which follows the american military bureaucracy as it reacts to a crisis with the soviet union. Apr 30, 2011 the circumstances under which i would do that are inconceivable to me, gates replied in an april 2008 pentagon news briefing. January 14, 2014, a strikingly candid, vividly written account of his experience serving presidents george w. Yet since the end of the cold war, checks and balances that once. Gates plans the postgates pentagon the new york times. In his new book, which has nearly 600 pages of text, gates takes the reader inside the warroom deliberations of presidents george w. This was why i could not sign onto vice president bidens preferred. So recognized and established within american military culture that the word pentagon itself has become a metonym for the department of defense. As i wrote in my first book, if he couldnt beat you in the white house, hed beat you on the hill. If the pentagon were built on arlington farm, the answer would be no, and that, according to clarke, would be a problem. Gates is quoted telling a group of soldiers wives at fort hood last november that he would seek to shorten the tours by the end of 2008, when president bushs tenure in office and presumably his own would be drawing to a close. Bob gates transforms the pentagon business insider. If you read only one book by a washington insider this year, make it this one.
Reprogramming the pentagon for a new age, foreign affairs, januaryfebruary 2009. Forthright and unsparing, duty is gatess behindthescenes account of his. With well over ten years of marketing and branding our content, pentagon publishing has built a. But curbing the pentagon s appetite for expensive new weapons could be his biggest challenge yet. Book signing at the pentagon promotes hispanic heritage month. Roger morris, the cia and the gates legacy tomdispatch. Gatess subsequent efforts to downplay this side of duty do not do justice to this book. Jul 31, 2008 in a profile earlier this year in the new york times magazine, defense secretary robert m. A new poll by military times and syracuse universitys institute for veterans and military families reveals a complex relationship between the troops and their commander in chief. Defense secretary robert gates announced recently that he will stay on at least another year. Live blog on gates at the pentagon the new york times. Line out the door at pentagon for robert gates book that. Secretary of defense robert gates chooses a movieand it happens to be about a military coup in the us.