In two thousand eight, Bill Gates stopped running Microsoft but remained as chairman.

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But Secretary Gates, who has served numerous presidents in a 43-year government career, endorsed the idea of asking fundamental questions.

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But the spokesman says much has happened since the president announced his strategy in March, and Gates wants a closer look.

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But Secretary Gates has a different view, saying the political problems in Afghanistan go beyond allegations of fraud in the election,and include widespread corruption.

VOA: standard.2009.10.20

But on the advice of Defense Secretary Robert Gates and senior military leaders, President Obama decided that no more are needed for national defense.

VOA: standard.2009.07.21

U.S.officials have largely refrained from publicly speaking about the operations, but Defense Secretary Robert Gates said earlier this year there are no plans to stop them.

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Speaking with President Karzai at a news conference, Secretary Gates indicated he was not surprised by that statement, but hopes it will not take that long.

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Gates added that he didn't "want to put General Odierno into a corner, but that the general was examining "all the possibilities and he's very encouraged."

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Secretary Gates says he understands that, but he told Japanese Foreign Minister Katsuya Okada the United States is committed to moving forward with the existing security realignment.

VOA: standard.2009.10.20

But the spokesman, Geoff Morrell,indicated that at this week's meetings Secretary Gates will tell the new Japanese leaders the United States expects the complex agreement to be honored.

VOA: standard.2009.10.18

Two U.S.brigades are due to be withdrawn from Iraq by the end of 2009, but Mr.Gates indicated that an additional brigade may be withdrawn early if the situation warrants.

VOA: standard.2009.07.29

The current U.S.and NATO commander, General David McKiernan, had said he would need But Secretary Gates deferred a decision until the new commanders can assess the impact of the current deployment.

VOA: standard.2009.06.08

Talking about the U.S.role in Asia, Gates told the conference Washington's commitment to its allies was as strong as ever, but that greater multilateral cooperation was needed to deal with both old and new challenges to security.

VOA: standard.2009.05.30

But Secretary Gates on the first visit to Tokyo by a senior U.S.official since the new Japanese government took office - says he will remind the new Japanese leaders that Afghanistan is a NATO and coalition effort and that Japan's refueling mission did more to help other countries than it did to help the United States directly.

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"We believe strongly that creativity is evenly distributed around the world,and that people Bill Gates and Steve Jobs and Albert Einstein are born every day in Africa and Asia and Latin America, but they often do not have access to the same kind of tools or resources that inventors and innovators in the industrialized world do,".

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