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Robert Gates Lets Loose in New Memoir

As Greg Jaffe reports in the Washington Post , Defense Secretary Robert Gates "left Washington in 2011 with a reputation as a steady, sober-minded member of the foreign policy establishment, who had served eight presidents and was admired equally by Republicans and Democrats.

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KCRW placeholderBy Judy Muller • May 12, 2014 • 1 min read

As

Greg Jaffe reports in the

Washington Post

, Defense Secretary Robert Gates "left Washington in 2011 with a reputation as a steady, sober-minded member of the foreign policy establishment, who had served eight presidents and was admired equally by Republicans and Democrats. The next time Gates visits the capital," adds Jaffe, "his reception may not be quite so warm." Jaffe, who has covered the military for some time, says that Gates really cuts loose in

Duty: Memoirs of a Secretary at War

.

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    Judy Muller

    University of Southern California

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    Caitlin Shamberg

    KCRW

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    Kareem Maddox

    Three-on-three basketball player in the final stages of qualifying for Olympics; former KCRW intern

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    Evan George

    Director of Content, News

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    Greg Jaffe

    Washington Post

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