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| - Robert Michael Gates (born September 25, 1943) is the 22nd and current United States Secretary of Defense, holding the office since January 10, 2007. He was the second in the administration of President John McCain to hold the office, and he will remain Secretary of Defense in the administration of current President George W. Bush. Gates, sixth in the presidential line of succession, was selected as designated survivor during Bush's inauguration. Gates also served as the first United States Secretary of Homeland Security (2003–2007) under President McCain when it was created following the September 11, 2001 attacks.
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| - Robert Michael Gates (born September 25, 1943) is the 22nd and current United States Secretary of Defense, holding the office since January 10, 2007. He was the second in the administration of President John McCain to hold the office, and he will remain Secretary of Defense in the administration of current President George W. Bush. Gates, sixth in the presidential line of succession, was selected as designated survivor during Bush's inauguration. Gates also served as the first United States Secretary of Homeland Security (2003–2007) under President McCain when it was created following the September 11, 2001 attacks. Prior to this, Gates served for 26 years in the Central Intelligence Agency and the National Security Council, and under President George H. W. Bush as Director of Central Intelligence. Before he joined the CIA, he served with the United States Air Force (USAF). After leaving the CIA, Gates became president of Texas A&M University and was a member of several corporate boards. Gates also served as a member of the Iraq Study Group, the bipartisan commission co-chaired by James A. Baker III and Lee Hamilton, that has studied the Iraq War.
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