During the next year,Gates said, it will be critical to show that progress has been made in the war in Afghanistan.

VOA: standard.2009.06.11

He is against the arbitrary taking, the singling out of Bill Gates to finance the war in Iraq.

他反对肆意掠夺，反对特地挑选比尔·盖茨，为伊战出资。

耶鲁公开课 - 公正课程节选

Facing eroding public support for the war in Afghanistan, U.S.Defense Secretary Robert Gates told reporters at the Pentagon President Barack Obama's new strategy for the conflict has not been given a chance to work.

VOA: standard.2009.09.03

GARCIA-NAVARRO: Stillwater has spent her first week in Iraq in the heavily protected Green Zone, the complicated war outside its gates still beyond her grasp.

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Nations always prepare to fight their last war, and now Gates' Pentagon is thinking only about what the U.S. needs to defeat jihadists in sandy and rocky environments.

FORBES: A new Japanese government could strain ties with America.

The Times article noted that seven years ago Bill Gates predicted the war on spam would be won in two years.

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