6/17/2010: Secretary . of Defense Robert M. Gates testifies at a hearing of the Senate Armed Services Committee (DOD photo by Petty Officer Chad J. McNeeley)

41. GEORGE H.W. BUSH (1989-1993) — 41. G.H.W. BUSH

OVERVIEW:

FULL NAME:
Robert Michael Gates

BORN:
September 25, 1943
Wichita, Kansas

EDUCATION:
College of William & Mary (BA)
Indiana University Bloomington (MA)
Georgetown University (PhD)

POLITICAL PARTY:
Republican

HIGHLIGHTS:
1986-1989:
Deputy Director of Central Intelligence
1989-1991:
Deputy National Security Adviser
1986-1987:
Acting Director of Central Intelligence
1991-1993:
Director of Central Intelligence
2002-2006:
President of Texas A&M University
2006-2011:
U.S. Secretary of Defense

RESOURCES:

11/8/2006: Dr. Robert Gates speaks to the media in the Oval Office after being selected as President George W. Bush’s nominee to succeed Donald Rumsfeld as Secretary of Defense. (White House Photo by Paul Morse)

BIOGRAPHIES:
Department of Defense
Miller Center
Washington Post
Wikipedia

ORAL HISTORY
UVA Miller Center

PORTRAITS:

MEDIA COVERAGE:

4/28/2011: President Barack Obama talks with Defense Secretary Robert Gates following a meeting on Libya in the Situation Room of the White House (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)

Robert Gates and the Neverending Story (WP, 9/19/1991)
Bush Nomination, 11/8/2006 (NYT, WP)
For Defense Nominee, Echoes of Old Questions (WP, 12/4/2006)
Obama Selection, 11/25/2008 (NYT, WP, WSJ)
Profile (The New Republic, 11/9/2009)
The Transformer (Foreign Policy, 8/6/2010)
Profile (WP, 1/12/2014)