Robert Gates
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Lahir | 25 September 1943 Wichita, Kansas, Amerika Syarikat |
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Profession | Presiden Universiti A&M Texas |
Robert "Bob" Michael Gates, Ph.D. (lahir 25 September 1943) merupakan presiden Universiti Texas A&M , dan juga bekas Pengarah Agensi Perisikan Pusat (CIA). Beliau merupakan calon Presiden untuk menjawat jawatan Setiausaha Pertahanan, ditangguhkan pengesahannya oleh Senat Amerika Syarikat. Gates elah berkhidmat selama 26 tahun di dalam Agensi Perisikan Pusat (CIA) dan juga Majlis Keselamatan Kebangsaan. Di bawah Presiden George H.W. Bush, beliau telah berkhidmat sebagai Pengarah Agensi Perisikan Pusat. Selepas meninggalkan CIA, beliau telah menulis memoir beliau,[1] menjadi presiden Universiti Texas A&M , dan menjadi ahli kepada beberapa lembaga syarikat korporat. Gate telah berkhidmat sebagai ahli bipartisan commission diketuai oleh James A. Baker III, Kumpulan Pembelajaran Iraq, yang telah mempelajari kempen Iraq. Beliau juga menjadi orang pertama dipilih mengetuai Jabatan Keselamatan Dalam Negeri (United States Department of Homeland Security) apabila ia telah dicipta berikutan dengan peristiwa September 11. [2]
After the 2006 midterm election result, President George W. Bush announced his nomination of Gates to succeed the resigning Donald Rumsfeld as U.S. Secretary of Defense on November 8, 2006.[3][4] Gates has stated in a letter to students that he will continue as President of Texas A&M until completion of the confirmation process.[5] Gates will now face confirmation first in the Senate Armed Services Committee, and if approved, by a majority vote in the Senate.
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[Sunting] Biografi
[Sunting] Masa kanak-kanak dan pendidikan
A native of Wichita, Kansas, Gates attained the rank of Eagle Scout in the Boy Scouts of America and is a recipient of the Distinguished Eagle Scout Award from the Boy Scouts of America. He graduated from Wichita East High School in 1961. Gates then headed east to attend the College of William and Mary where he graduated with a B.A. in European history in 1965. While at William & Mary, Gates was an active member of Alpha Phi Omega, national service fraternity, as well as active in the Young Republicans and the business manager for the William and Mary Review, a literary and art magazine.[6] At William & Mary, Gates was named the graduate that "has made the greatest contribution to his fellow man." [1] Gates then went on to receive a master's degree in history from Indiana University in 1966, and a Ph.D. in Russian and Soviet history from Georgetown University in 1974.
[Sunting] Anugerah dan pingat
Anugerah dan pingat Gates termasuk:
- Anugerah kerajaan
- National Security Medal
- Presidential Citizens Medal
- National Intelligence Distinguished Service Medal (twice)
- Distinguished Intelligence Medal (three separate times)
- Anugerah-anugerah lain
- The Borgen Project Award
- Eagle Scout
- Distinguished Eagle Scout Award
- Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters from College of William and Mary
- William and Mary Alumni Association - Alumni Medallion
[Sunting] Nota
- ↑ Robert Gates, From the Shadows: The Ultimate Insider's Story of Five Presidents and How They Won the Cold War, Simon & Schuster; Reprint edition (May 7, 1997).
- ↑ "Gates' Government Intelligence Experience Runs Deep", National Public Radio, November 9, 2006. Dicapai pada 2006-11-09.
- ↑ "Bush replaces Rumsfeld to get 'fresh perspective'", CNN.com, November 8, 2006. Dicapai pada 2006-11-08.
- ↑ Sheryl Gay Stolberg and Jim Rutenberg. "Rumsfeld Resigns as Defense Secretary After Big Election Gains for Democrats", New York Times, November 8, 2006. Dicapai pada 2006-11-08.
- ↑ To the Aggie Family, Gates' first announcement, and acknowledgment to being nominated for Secretary of Defense
- ↑ Whitson, Brian. "Gates ('65) nominated as defense secretary." College of William and Mary. November 9, 2006. Retrieved on November 9, 2006.
[Sunting] Rujukan
- Robert M. Gates: From the Shadows: The Ultimate Insider's Story of Five Presidents and How They Won the Cold War. Simon & Schuster 1997, ISBN 0684834979
- Author Unknown. "Biography, Dr. Robert M. Gates, President, Texas A&M University," Texas A&M University. (2003)
- Center for the Study of Intelligence. "Robert Michael Gates," Directors & Deputy Directors of Central Intelligence. (2004)
- Material on Gates, from The Literature of Intelligence: A Bibliography of Materials, with Essays, Reviews, and Comments, by J. Ransom Clark
- Brett Nauman. "Gates passes on intelligence czar post," The Bryan-College Station Eagle. (February 1, 2005)
[Sunting] Bacaan tambahan
- Robert Gates, From the Shadows: The Ultimate Insider's Story of Five Presidents and How They Won the Cold War, Simon & Schuster; Reprint edition (May 7, 1997).
- Robert Gates, US Intelligence and the End of the Cold War, 1999, CIA
- Robert Gates, Frontline The Gulf War: An Oral History: Interview with Robert Gates, Deputy National Security Advisor, 2001, PBS.org
- Writings and Speeches
Templat:DCIAGates, Robert
Didahului oleh: William H. Webster |
Director of Central Intelligence November 6, 1991 - January 20, 1993 |
Diikuti oleh: R. James Woolsey |
Didahului oleh: Ray Bowen |
President of Texas A&M University 2002–Present |
Diikuti oleh: Incumbent |