Biographical Information on Robert Gates
Monday, December 18, 2006; 4:22 PM
-- NAME _ Robert M. Gates.
AGE-BIRTH DATE _ 63, Sept. 25, 1943, Wichita, Kan.
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EXPERIENCE _ CIA intelligence analyst, 1966-1974; National Security Council staff, 1974-1979; director of executive staff for CIA director, 1981-1982; deputy director for intelligence, 1982-1986; chairman of the National Intelligence Council, 1983-1986; deputy director of CIA, 1986-1989; acting director, 1986-1987; deputy assistant to the president for national security affairs, 1989; assistant to the president and deputy for national security affairs, 1989-1991; CIA director, 1991-1993; interim dean of the George Bush School of Government and Public Service at Texas A&M University, 1999-2001; president of Texas A&M University, 2002 to Dec. 18, 2006; sworn in as secretary of defense, Dec. 18, 2006.
EDUCATION _ B.A., College of William and Mary, 1965; M.A., Indiana University, 1966; Ph.D., Georgetown University, 1974.
FAMILY _ Gates and his wife, Becky, have two children.
QUOTE _ "All of us want to find a way to bring America's sons and daughters home again. But, as the president has made clear, we simply cannot afford to fail in the Middle East."
