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The White House fought back against former Pentagon chief Robert Gates’ blunt criticism of President Barack Obama’s war leadership and damning of Vice President Joe Biden. Gates, who served 6 presidents in senior national security jobs, sent political shockwaves through Washington with his unsparing assessments of the administration in his new book. Among other accusations, the Republican accused Biden of being wrong about every big foreign policy issue for decades and alleged Obama lost faith in his own troop surge strategy for the Afghan war. The Gates bombshell was remarkable because of the pedigree of the former defense secretary and CIA chief, his long experience as a confidant of presidents, and his reputation of unruffled integrity.
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