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PennsylvaniaMatt

(966 posts)
Tue Jan 14, 2014, 11:26 PM Jan 2014

Some Things Said By Robert Gates About Obama on Fox, Contrary To What Fox Wants People To Believe

Over the past few days, most of the media, especially Fox, has been using excerpts from Former Secretary Robert Gates' new book to characterize President Obama in a negative way, however, just now in an interview with Sean Hannity, Gates had a good deal of praise for President Obama.

He called the President's surge decision a "courageous decision."

He said "I will give him credit" for publically making the case for U.S. involvement in Afghanistan during the early years of his Presidency.

He praised the President for "making decisions he stuck to," which included the surge and sticking with the 2014 withdrawal date, and for these reasons, he felt "comfortable working for him."

Practically every time Hannity tried to get Gates to criticize Pres. Obama, Gates did not.

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Some Things Said By Robert Gates About Obama on Fox, Contrary To What Fox Wants People To Believe (Original Post) PennsylvaniaMatt Jan 2014 OP
That will be the last time Robert Gates will ever appear on Fox News. TexasTowelie Jan 2014 #1

TexasTowelie

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1. That will be the last time Robert Gates will ever appear on Fox News.
Tue Jan 14, 2014, 11:44 PM
Jan 2014

He doesn't fit into their grand plans.

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