Robert Gates
Robert Michael Gates | |
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| Secretary of Defense 22nd | |
| Menyandang jawatan December 18 2006 | |
| Presiden | George W. Bush |
| Timbalan | Gordon R. England |
| Didahului oleh | Donald Rumsfeld |
| Director of Central Intelligence 15th | |
| Dalam jawatan November 6, 1991 – January 20, 1993 | |
| Presiden | George H. W. Bush |
| Didahului oleh | William Hedgcock Webster |
| Digantikan oleh | R. James Woolsey, Jr. |
| Maklumat peribadi | |
| Lahir | 25 September 1943 Wichita, Kansas |
| Tempat belajar | College of William & Mary, Indiana University, Georgetown University |
| Tandatangan |  |
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 telah 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 ditubuhkan berikutan dengan peristiwa September 11. [2]
Selepas keputusan pilihan raya pertengahan musim 2006 , Presiden George W. Bush telah mengumumkan pencalonan Gates untuk menggantikan Donald Rumsfeld sebagai Setiausaha Pertahanan Amerika Syarikat pada 9 November, 2006.[3][4] Gates telah menyatakan di dalam suratnya kepada para pelajar bahawa beliau akan menyambungkan tugasnya sebagai Presiden Texas A&M sehingga selesai proses mendapat kepastian process.[5] Gates akan menghadapi dahulu kepastian daripada Jawatankuasa Perkhidmatan bersenjata, dan sekiranya diluluskan, oleh satu undi majoriti di dalam undi vote in the Senate.
Biografi
[sunting | sunting sumber]Masa kanak-kanak dan pendidikan
[sunting | sunting sumber]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.
Anugerah dan pingat
[sunting | sunting sumber]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
Nota
[sunting | sunting sumber]- ^ 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 (November 8, 2006). "Rumsfeld Resigns as Defense Secretary After Big Election Gains for Democrats". New York Times. Dicapai pada 2006-11-08. Check date values in:
|date=(bantuan) - ^ 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.
Rujukan
[sunting | sunting sumber]- 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 0-684-83497-9
- Author Unknown. "Biography, Dr. Robert M. Gates, President, Texas A&M University Diarkibkan 2006-09-20 di Wayback Machine," Texas A&M University. (2003)
- Center for the Study of Intelligence. "Robert Michael Gates," Directors & Deputy Directors of Central Intelligence. (2004)
- Material on Gates Diarkibkan 2005-11-25 di Wayback Machine, 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)
Bacaan tambahan
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Wikimedia Commons mempunyai media berkaitan: Robert Gates. |
- 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
| 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 |