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But far more important is what the hara-kiri hat trick shows about Robert Gates, the new secretary of defense, and the new kind of leadership he has brought to the Pentagon. "I don't have very much patience for people that don't step up to the plate in...
None of these heads would have rolled under Gates' predecessor, Donald Rumsfeld, Pentagon officials suggest. Rumsfeld was loyal to a fault, and generally would back subordinates rather than sack them, since he would view that as tantamount to a rebuke of his own stewardship. He applied this kind of pre...
But Gates' appointment seems to have freed up these kinds of logjams. Without Rumsfeld's baggage or background, Gates - whom some in the Pentagon are calling the "anti-Rumsfeld" - is free to disagree with policies and personnel that he inherited. "Gates seems to want to hold people accountable," says Lawrence...
Yet I understand why the Post report has touched such a raw nerve. No other scandal arising from the Iraq war has prompted such sudden firings of top brass and abject Pentagon apologies. Defense Secretary Robert Gates saw a public hungry for accountability, not perspective. It was too late to...
With unbeatable name recognition and a highly selective 9.3 percent acceptance rate, once a student gets into Harvard, it might seem unfathomable and even unwise to leave these Ivy gates for another school. But for some, a great name provides a lousy reason to remain in Harvard Yard.