Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates Delivers Remarks at the Conference of European Armies

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Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates Delivers Remarks at the Conference of European Armies

SECRETARY GATES DELIVERS REMARKS AT THE CONFERENCE ON EUROPEAN ARMIES

OCTOBER 26, 2007

SPEAKERS: SECRETARY OF DEFENSE ROBERT M. GATES

[*] GATES: Thank you, General McKiernan.

And let me start by apologizing to those of you who -- to whom I have my back turned. I would refer to General McKiernan's comments about our going to the same college together. I'd also have to confess that I graduated some years earlier than he did.

(LAUGHTER)

Also, that exemplary career academically included a D in calculus, thereby putting an end to my aspirations to be a doctor, although I have told many people over the years that God only knows how many lives have been saved by my becoming ...

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