Associated PressJanuary 7, 2020
11min308
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Tag: Robert Gates
Associated PressJanuary 7, 2020
Mitch PerryDecember 13, 2016
5min224
Now that Donald Trump has selected Rex Tillerson, the chief executive of ExxonMobil, as his Secretary of State, perhaps we can take a moment in recent history to look at how influential – or not- these men and women have been in presidential administrations. When I think of Madeleine Albright’s tenure with Bill Clinton, I think of her impassioned advocacy for […]
Associated PressNovember 27, 2016
7min233
President-elect Donald Trump looked at hundreds of marble samples before selecting one for the lobby of Trump Tower. He can recall, in painstaking detail even decades later, how he stood in the cold and oversaw the ice-making process at Central Park’s rink. And, during the campaign, he personally reviewed every single campaign ad, rejecting some […]
Mitch PerryJanuary 16, 20156min227
There’s an anniversary today regarding U.S. foreign policy that I’m sure nobody will bring up, and why would they? We like our anniversaries in round numbers, so maybe you’ll hear something next year on the 25th anniversary of the beginning of the 1991 Gulf War, when the United States and a coalition of allies attacked Iraq, with U.N. […]
Guest AuthorJanuary 13, 20146min192
Robert Gates was an impressive and pragmatic Defense Secretary. Here was a blunt Republican telling Congressional hawks that the military budget needed to be cut: we don’t need all those $1 billion fighter jets. His memoir is going on sale Tuesday (Jan. 14), “Duty: Memoirs of a Secretary at War” and it’s causing a stir. […]