Gates’ Memoir Harshly Critical of Obama

Wednesday, 08 January 2014 | by Pat's Picks

Former Defense Secretary Robert Gates pulled no punches in his new memoir - criticizing President Obama’s leadership and his commitment to the war in Afghanistan. In “Duty: Memoirs of a Secretary at War,” Gates writes that Obama was skeptical if not outright convinced the troop surge in Afghanistan would fail. In the Washington Post, Bob Woodward says that’s one of the most serious charges a Defense Secretary can make against a Commander-in-Chief