Shortly after Borlaug's death, billionaire Bill Gates spoke at the World Food Prize symposium in Iowa.

VOA: special.2009.11.10

After President Barack Obama announced the agreement at the White House Friday morning, U.S.Defense Secretary Robert Gates made this simple declaration.

VOA: standard.2010.03.26

The scenes of striking workers at factory gates have become a regular sight in the past month.

VOA: standard.2010.06.24

The Pentagon Press Secretary, Geoff Morrell, says at Tuesday's meeting Secretary Gates praised China for increased transparency about its military capabilities and intentions.

VOA: standard.2009.10.27

The world is waiting,". Gates was speaking in Singapore at the Shangri-La Dialogue, an annual meeting of Asian defense ministers and experts on the region.

VOA: standard.2009.05.30

Speaking to reporters at the Pentagon, Secretary Gates said the U.S.intelligence community believes that Iran has been slower to develop its intercontinental ballistic missile capabilities than previously thought.

VOA: standard.2009.09.17

But the spokesman, Geoff Morrell,indicated that at this week's meetings Secretary Gates will tell the new Japanese leaders the United States expects the complex agreement to be honored.

VOA: standard.2009.10.18

Those are phenomenal sums. In sub-Saharan Africa now nearly their three shots of vaccines, The announcement by the Gates Foundation was made at the World Economic Forum, which runs through January 31st.

VOA: standard.2010.01.29

Facing eroding public support for the war in Afghanistan, U.S.Defense Secretary Robert Gates told reporters at the Pentagon President Barack Obama's new strategy for the conflict has not been given a chance to work.

VOA: standard.2009.09.03

Police have already seized fake tickets. To enter the stadium, supporters will have to show both their identification and their ticket - which must be read by electronic machines at the stadium's gates.

VOA: standard.2009.05.26

In-between the meetings in Baghdad and Irbil, Secretary Gates stopped at a U.S.airbase near the disputed city of Kirkuk, where he told several hundred American troops he sees signs of progress toward resolving Iraq's Arab-Kurd dispute.

VOA: standard.2009.12.12