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Robert Gates

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    September 19, 2011

    Robert Gates, Chancellor; Ex-Defense Secretary Forgoes Retirement With Wife in Skagit County

    The Gateses in Agra.​The suspicion was that former U.S.Secretary of Defense Robert Gates would retire for good at his Big Lake home in Skagit County once he departed D.C. in June. Skagit is where his wife of 43 years, Becky, prefers to live year-round in their home of 17 years, catching up wit ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 2, 2011

    What Does a President Eat While Watching the Mission to Kill Osama Bin Laden?

    ​Answer: Sandwiches. From Costco. That revelation and more from the ridiculously detailed feature story on the mission to kill Osama bin Laden in The New Yorker today.

  • Blogs

    June 17, 2011

    Patty Murray's Afghan Question to Robert Gates: What About the Human Cost of War?

    Barrett​Most of the testimony on defense spending yesterday at the Senate Appropriations defense subcommittee hearing in D.C. focused on Barack Obama's planned 2012 Afghanistan war drawdown, particularly the timing and politics of ending a war we can't win. For some, withdrawal can't come too ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 3, 2011

    Navy 'Bull Frog' Eric Olson, Tacoma-born Head of U.S. SpecOps, Oversaw Bin Laden Takedown

    Olson​The U.S. plot to kill Osama bin Laden was successfully brought off thanks in part to Navy Adm. Eric Olson, a Tacoma native and son of a former city council member there. The 59-year-old Stadium High grad and now leader of the U.S. Special Operations Command was at the side of CIA Direct ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 25, 2011

    Conservatives Freak Out, Blame Obama For Boeing Win, EADS Loss

    ​One could almost taste the happiness in the air around Washington state and much of the nation yesterday after news was announced that Boeing had won a $35 billion contact to build 179 refueling tankers for the U.S. military. Everyone was thrilled! Everyone, that is, except a whole bunch of c ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 3, 2010

    Employer Defends Seattleite Jacob Appelbaum, WikiLeaks Researcher Detained By Feds

    ​If you agree with Defense Secretary Robert Gates that the website WikiLeaks put the lives of American soldiers and Afghan allies in danger by releasing thousands of documents related to the war there, then in your mind, Seattleite Jacob Appelbaum is an enemy of the state. But Appelbaum's day ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 15, 2010

    Lessons Unlearned: The Pentagon's New Report on the November Massacre at Fort Hood Echoes Findings From The May Murders at Camp Liberty

    ​This morning's Pentagon report on the November massacre by Army psychiatrist Nidal Malik Hasan, who faces court martial at Fort Hood, sounds in a repetitive way like the Pentagon report on the May massacre by Army psychiatric patient John Russell, who faces court martial at Fort Lewis. "It ... More >>

  • News

    July 22, 2009

    Greg Nickels: Chicago-Style Bully?

    Opponents who paint Nickels as an employer of Windy City machine tactics clearly have never been there.

  • Blogs

    February 10, 2009

    Bob Gates' Boeing Par-tees

    The Boeing Co. was among the big defense contractors who threw $340,000 worth of parties and other events to honor Defense Sect. Robert Gates last year, reports public watchdog CREW, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (D.C.). But Gates, the Bush-administration holdover who continue ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 6, 2009

    The Guv in Iraq

    She wasn't in D.C. waiting to be named Barack Obama's Commerce Secretary, nor was she conferring with Dems on replacing Sen. Patty Murray or Rep. Jay Inslee after their moves to the Obama administration. All dead-end rumors. Instead, Gov. Christine Gregoire's office just announced, her mysterious di ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 20, 2008

    No Retirement For Pentagon's Gates?

    Gates and son Brad, a Wazzu grad Skagit County resident and U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates apparently won't be returning in January to retire at his Big Lake home. The word from D.C. is that Gates, a Bush appointee, will be staying on under the Obama administration to head the Pentagon. He ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 20, 2008

    Speculation Make You Smarter?

    Every morning for the last year, I feel like I've read the same story: revenue's down, journalists laid off. Then comes the companion piece: News organizations aren't going to be their to hold government accountable and keep an eye on the public square. At least not as well. But, the one brand o ... More >>

  • News

    November 15, 2006

    Midterm Muddle

    How can we feel good about the election results when all our old certainties have suddenly been cast into doubt?

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