DEFENSE SECRETARY GATES TELLS TROOPS 'SENSE OF DUTY' CAUSED HIM TO STAY
December 11, 2008
December 11, 2008
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan, Dec. 11 -- The U.S. Department of Defense's American Forces Information Service issued the following press release:
Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates told several hundred troops here today that a sense of duty caused him to agree to stay on in his current job through the administration change.
Gates opened the session at the headquarters for the southern regional command by joking about his recent re-appointment as defense secretary - which at on . . .
Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates told several hundred troops here today that a sense of duty caused him to agree to stay on in his current job through the administration change.
Gates opened the session at the headquarters for the southern regional command by joking about his recent re-appointment as defense secretary - which at on . . .