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Former Sun CEO Schwartz dishes on patent fights with Jobs, Gates - San Francisco Chronicle (blog)

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Secretary Gates Gets Close to Front Lines « Liveshots
On the second day of his surprise visit to Afghanistan, Defense Secretary Robert Gates met with troops fighting out of two remote bases in Kandahar province, an area he has marked for the next major offensive in southern Afghanistan. ...

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Gates praises troops in southern Afghanistan - Army News, news ...
FORWARD OPERATING BASE FRONTENAC, Afghanistan — US Defense Secretary Robert Gates told a hard-hit battle unit Tuesday that its heavy losses have helped the US begin to push back against the Taliban in southern Afghanistan.

Gates Ambles Through a Former Taliban Village (New York Times)
Robert M. Gates’s visit to the village of Now Zad — and his first walk through a market during wartime in Iraq or Afghanistan — would have been unimaginable even three months ago.

In former Afghan 'ghost town,' Gates gauges US war effort (AFP via Yahoo! News)
US Defense Secretary Robert Gates on Tuesday said a new strategy in the Afghan war showed promise after he visited a former ghost town where American forces recently cleared out Taliban militants.

Gates visits US troops at 'tip of the spear' near Kandahar (AFP via Yahoo! News)
US Defense Secretary Robert Gates told troops in southern Afghanistan on Tuesday to brace for a tough fight as generals laid plans to battle the Taliban in Kandahar.