Robert Gates

People in TIME (416 items)
list by SchwarzerAbt

Robert Gates is an American intelligence analyst and university president who served as the 22nd United States secretary of defense from 2006 to 2011. He was appointed by President George W. Bush. Gates began his career serving as a U.S. Air Force officer but was quickly recruited by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). Gates served for twenty-six years in the CIA and at the National Security Council and was director of central intelligence under President George H.W. Bush.