Former US Defense Secretary Robert Gates has censured a move by a number of US Congressmen to push for new sanctions against Iran, calling the potential imposition of any new bans on the Islamic Republic a terrible mistake. Imposing new sanctions right now is a terrible mistake and would be a strategic error, Gates said in an interview with PBS NewsHour ...

Despite an admirable intellect and dedicated support for US military personnel at war, former Secretary of Defense Robert Gates says President Barack Obama didnt have sufficient faith in the troop-surge strategy he ordered in Afghanistan. After months of debate with Gates and top advisers, Obama ordered a troop surge in Afghanistan in late 2009. Around ...