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ates: America is losing its grip John Barry and Tara McKelvey 27 June -- Aboard the Pentagon jet on his last foreign trip as secretary of defense, Robert Gates takes a moment to peer across the American horizon--and the view is dire: the U.S. is in danger of losing its supremacy on the global stage, he say

may open the administration to charges of not believing in American exceptionalism, an opening the GOP is already trying to exploit. But these days Gates is less worried about political crossfire and more focused on the legacy of his own tenure, which bridged the presidencies of George W. Bush and Ba

he Jabaliya refugee camp. Her father, an electrician, is adding a second story to their house now that material is available from the tunnels. Ms. Saleh will get her own room for the first time in her life, but she views her good fortune in context. "For the vast majority in Gaza, things are not imp

, the mood is one of not-so-quiet desperation. Said one longtime friend of Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Adm. Michael Mullen and Defense Secretary Robert Gates: "They think it [the Libyan operation] is just nuts. We are destroying our credibility with this situation, and there is really no answer to it."

destroying our credibility with this situation, and there is really no answer to it." Early 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 t

sed deal to hand over power, it is in part because the offer would guarantee him immunity from prosecution. Having learned from Mubarak's example, Saleh will wait until an amnesty is written into law before resigning. The lesson for the next president of Egypt, given the near-complete absence of pe

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n the Jabaliya refugee camp. Her father, an electrician, is adding a second story to their house now that material is available from the tunnels. Ms. Saleh will get her own room for the first time in her life, but she views her good fortune in context. "For the vast majority in Gaza, things are not impro