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Also Known As Robert Michael Gates
Born September 25, 1943 (age 81) • Wichita • Kansas
Awards And Honors Presidential Medal of Freedom (2011)
Role In Afghanistan War • Iraq War

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Robert M. Gates
Robert M. Gates; Des Browne
U.S. government officials during the Osama bin Laden mission
Stanley McChrystal (left) and U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates, 2010.
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