ROBERT M. GATES

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP99-01448R000301320006-4
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 27, 2012
• Sequence Number: 6
• Content Type: BIO

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WASHINGTON. D.C. 20505
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ROBERT M. GATES
Robert Michael Gates was born on 25 September 1943 in blichita,
Kansas. He earned his BA degree at the College of William & Mary in
1965, his MA degree at Indiana Unive~^sity
Georgetown University in 1974.
Dr. Gates joined the CIA in 1966.
U.S. Air Force, and later was assigned
Intelligence. In 1969 he rejoined CIA
policies and tactics toward the Middle
in 1966, and his Ph.D. at
year later he entered the
CIA's Office of Current
civilian analyst on Soviet
East and Africa. In 1972 he
joined the staff of the Special Assistant to the DCI for SALT, where
he was assigned to the Department of State to serve as advisor to the
U.S. SALT delegation in Vienna and Geneva. In 1973 Dr. Gates was named
one of two Assistant National Intelligence Officers for Strategic
Programs. In 1974 he was detailed to the National Security Council
where he advised the President and the NSC in the area of US relations
with the USSR and Europe. In 1976, he returned briefly to CIA Headquarters
to work with the Center for Policy Support, where he developed and
implemented a long-term plan for research on the USSR. In 1977,
Dr. Gates was asked to return to the NSC as Special Assistant to the
Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs, where he
serves today.
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Dr. Gates has been recognized by the most senior officials of
Government for his contributions to the diplomatic, intelligence, and
military policy-making process. During his association with the NSC
he served three Presidents and three Assistants to the President for
National Security Affairs, and has won the praise of all of them..
Dr. Gates is married to the former Rebecca Ann Wilkie of Seattle.
and Sequim, Washington. They live with their one daughter in Vienna,
Virginia.
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