Robert Gates
Robert Michael Gates | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Secretary of Defense | |
| Menyandang jawatan December 182006 | |
| Presiden | George W. Bush |
| Timbalan | Gordon R. England |
| Didahului oleh | Donald Rumsfeld |
| Director of Central Intelligence | |
| 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.(lahir25 September1943) merupakanpresidenUniversiti Texas A&M,dan juga bekasPengarah Agensi Perisikan Pusat(CIA). Beliau merupakan calon Presiden untuk menjawat jawatanSetiausaha Pertahanan,ditangguhkan pengesahannya oleh Senat Amerika Syarikat. Gates telah berkhidmat selama 26 tahun di dalamAgensi Perisikan Pusat(CIA) dan jugaMajlis Keselamatan Kebangsaan.Di bawahPresidenGeorge H.W. Bush,beliau telah berkhidmat sebagai PengarahAgensi Perisikan Pusat.Selepas meninggalkan CIA, beliau telah menulis memoir beliau,[1]menjadi presiden Universiti Texas A&M, dan menjadi ahli kepada beberapalembagasyarikat korporat.Gate telah berkhidmat sebagai ahlibipartisancommission diketuai olehJames A. Baker III,Kumpulan Pembelajaran Iraq,yang telah mempelajarikempen Iraq.Beliau juga menjadi orang pertama dipilih mengetuaiJabatan Keselamatan Dalam Negeri(United States Department of Homeland Security) apabila ia telah ditubuhkan berikutan denganperistiwa September 11.[2]
Selepaskeputusan pilihan raya pertengahan musim 2006,PresidenGeorge W. Bushtelah mengumumkan pencalonan Gates untuk menggantikanDonald RumsfeldsebagaiSetiausaha Pertahanan Amerika Syarikatpada9 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 prosesmendapat kepastianprocess.[5]Gates akan menghadapi dahulu kepastian daripadaJawatankuasa Perkhidmatan bersenjata,dan sekiranya diluluskan, oleh satu undimajoritidi dalam undi vote in theSenate.
Biografi
[sunting|sunting sumber]Masa kanak-kanak dan pendidikan
[sunting|sunting sumber]A native ofWichita,Kansas,Gates attained the rank ofEagle Scoutin theBoy Scouts of Americaand is a recipient of theDistinguished Eagle Scout Awardfrom the Boy Scouts of America. He graduated fromWichita East High Schoolin 1961. Gates then headed east to attend theCollege of William and Marywhere he graduated with aB.A.in European history in1965.While atWilliam & Mary,Gates was an active member ofAlpha Phi Omega,national service fraternity, as well as active in theYoung Republicansand the business manager for theWilliam and Mary Review,a literary and artmagazine.[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 amaster's degreeinhistoryfromIndiana Universityin1966,and aPh.D.in Russian and Soviet history fromGeorgetown Universityin1974.
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 fromCollege 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 pada2006-11-09.
- ^"Bush replaces Rumsfeld to get 'fresh perspective'".CNN. November 8, 2006.Dicapai pada2006-11-08.
- ^Sheryl Gay Stolberg and Jim Rutenberg (November 8,2006)."Rumsfeld Resigns as Defense Secretary After Big Election Gains for Democrats".New York Times.Dicapai pada2006-11-08.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 onNovember 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 UniversityDiarkibkan2006-09-20 diWayback Machine,"Texas A&M University.(2003)
- Center for the Study of Intelligence. "Robert Michael Gates,"Directors & Deputy Directors of Central Intelligence.(2004)
- Material on GatesDiarkibkan2005-11-25 diWayback Machine,fromThe 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
[sunting|sunting sumber] |
Wikimedia Commonsmempunyai 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 |