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From the former secretary of defense, a strikingly candid, vivid account of serving presidents george w. Gates was brought on board by bush 43 to help turn around the war in iraq as it was beginning to bog down with casualties and no clear end in sight. Gates is the only secretary of defense to serve under both a republican and a democratic president, and in duty he provides an unsparing, full accounting of his tenure. Too little, too late, and way too long gary north january 09, 2014 robert gates served as secretary of defense after the resignation of the total failure, donald rumsfeld. Walden, and on the duty of civil disobedience by henry david. Duty ebook by robert gates 9780753550519 rakuten kobo. This site is like a library, use search box in the widget to get ebook that you want. Bush administration 20062009, the obama administration 20092011, the afghan war, and the iraq war.
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