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Defense Secretary
August 29, 2019
Alex Shephard
Twilight of the “Adults in the Room”
Jim Mattis was said to be one of the grown-ups protecting the country from Trump's worst impulses. Does anyone remember feeling safer?
October 15, 2009
Lydia DePillis
The Supreme Allied Commander of Corn
October 7, 2009
Ben Bernstein
Gates, McChrystal, and Some Really Cool Boomerangs
October 6, 2009
William Galston
How Soon Liberals Forget: Is McChrystal the New Shinseki?
October 6, 2009
Michael Crowley
Gates: Taliban Gains Would "Empower" al Qaeda
September 27, 2009
Martin Peretz
Two Ways of Buying Time. One Way Works.
September 22, 2009
Barron YoungSmith
"These Are The President's Weapons"
September 21, 2009
Noah Kristula-Green
Slideshow: Obama's Missile-Defense Plans
September 17, 2009
Michael Crowley
Gates Defends Missile Shield Shift
September 16, 2009
Michael Crowley
Fiasco
September 9, 2009
Michael Crowley
Gates on al Jazeera: No Withdrawal From Afghanistan
September 4, 2009
Michael Crowley
A Disaster in Afghanistan--and What it Means for the War
September 3, 2009
Michael Crowley
Gates and Mullen vs. George Will
August 14, 2009
Benjamin Wallace-Wells
Defending The Nerds: Are The Best And Brightest Really All That Bad?
July 16, 2008
Barron YoungSmith
Bob Gates And The Militarization Of Foreign Policy
October 23, 2006
MagazineJonathan Chait
Rummyache
The SecDef cult
April 12, 2006
Rob Anderson
Military Offensive
December 9, 2004
Peter Scoblic
Incorrect Answer

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