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Respecting a quietly competent American leader ─ Secretary of Defense Robert Gates 0

Defense Secretary Robert Gates gracefully avoided excessive politicization Honorable dedication to public service by high-ranking leaders has become increasingly rare in this most politically divisive of eras.  Secretary of Defense Robert Gates seems to be a respect-worthy exception. Despite the fact that I profoundly disagreed with the initiation of wars in Afghanistan and Iraq (for [...]