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ist and senior government official, is author of Power Rules: How Common Sense Can Rescue American Fore

ding reliable partners. Merkel is a case in point, despite all the nice words Obama spoke about her at last week's state dinner. Defense Secretary Bob Gates slammed home the point in a speech Friday in Berlin, where he said the United States is tired of fighting for Europeans who "don't want to share th

former senior government official, is author of Power Rules: How Common Sense Can Rescue American Forei

finitive about either the region or Israel. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton favors a broad-gauged address as soon as possible. Defense Secretary Bob Gates rails against Israel at every National Security Council meeting, arguing that Washington has given Israel everything it wanted and gotten nothing

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y in the debate over establishing a no-fly zone in Libya, Gates went on the record saying what a bad idea he thought that was. "It's an open secret Bob Gates didn't like it, and Mullen didn't like it, because they know what happens when you do this no-fly zone," says Gelb, who writes a column for The Dai