Analysis:

Robert Gates (65438+ Wichita-September 25th, 0943) was born in the University of Kansas, 1966 joined the CIA, and then went to George Washington University for further study. His research direction was international relations, and 1974 received his doctorate. The theme of his doctoral thesis is to discuss the Soviet Union's policies and views on China. 1974 joined the national security Council and worked until 1979. During this period, I experienced three presidents: Nixon, Ford and Carter. After 1979, Gates returned to the CIA and was deeply appreciated by then Director Keshi, who was promoted and reused. 1987, President Reagan nominated him to succeed Keshi as director of the CIA, but he gave up his appointment because some senators questioned his ignorance of the Nixon Watergate scandal. 199 1 year, President Bush nominated him to take over the CIA again, making him the youngest director of the CIA in American history, and he was also the only director of the CIA who was promoted from the grassroots. He has 26 years of experience in the field of intelligence and served as six presidents. As the seventh president of Texas A&M University and the seventh president of American Mechanical University, the university was established to train military talents, and its funding sources were provided by important institutions such as the Air Force, the Navy and NASA. It takes only two hours to drive from this university to President Bush's farm in Crawford, Texas. Before Bush selected Robert Gates to succeed Rumsfeld as Secretary of Defense, he did a lot of other work besides being the president of the university, one of which was to be responsible for reviewing the US Iraq policy in a congressional group. On June 8, 2006, Gates was nominated by President George W. Bush as the candidate for US Secretary of Defense, replacing Donald Rumsfeld who resigned due to the disastrous defeat of the Republican Party in the 2006 mid-term election.