General Subject Files, 1974 - 1992
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Gates, Robert Michael, 1943-
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Dr. Robert M. Gates served as U.S. Secretary of Defense from December 2006 to July 2011. Dr. Gates was the only Secretary of Defense in U.S. history to be asked to remain in that office by a newly elected President. President Barack Obama was the eighth president Dr. Gates served. Before becoming the Secretary of Defense, Dr. Gates was the President of Texas A & M University, the nation's seventh largest university. Prior to assuming the Texas A & M presidency, on August 1, 2002, he served...