U.S. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates talks with members of the press while aboard a military aircraft en route to Islamabad, Pakistan, Jan. 21, 2010. DoD photo by U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Jerry MorrisonRobert Gates, The Quiet American, Makes Himself Heard -- The Telegraph
Robert Gates, the former CIA chief, is playing a key role in the war on the Taliban. Toby Harnden watches him in action.
Returning from Islamabad on board his E-4B plane, Robert Gates, in shirt sleeves and faded jeans, was finally able to relax. His motto these days, he quipped, was the Danny Glover catchphrase from Lethal Weapon: "I'm getting too old for this ----." After a gruelling five-day trip to India and Pakistan, the 66-year-old Pentagon chief could be forgiven for having a feeling of "been there, done that". He first travelled to New Delhi as a White House official some 32 years ago.
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My Comment: It seems that every two months there is a good puff piece on US Secretary of Defense Robert Gates. Here is another one.