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It has become clear that America's civilian institutions of diplomacy and development have been chronically undermanned and underfunded for far too long – relative to what we spend on the military, and more important, relative to the responsibilities and challenges our nation has around the world.

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Most governments lie to each other. That's the way business gets done.

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Born: September 25, 1943 (age 81)
Bio: Robert Michael Gates is an American statesman, scholar and university president who served as the 22nd United States Secretary of Defense from 2006 to 2011.
Known for:
  1. Duty: Memoirs of a Secretary at War (2014)
  2. Nuclear Posture Review Report (2010)

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