“Tough-minded, realistic, and very pro-American.”
About South Korean president Lee Myung-bak, as quoted in Duty: Memoirs of a Secretary at War http://www.amazon.com/Duty-Memoirs-Secretary-at-War/dp/030794963X (12 May 2015), by R.M. Gates, p. 416.
Ро́берт Ма́йкл Гейтс — американский государственный и военный деятель. Служил в ВВС США в 1967—1969 годах, в Центральном разведывательном управлении — в 1966—1993 годах. Директор Центральной разведки в 1991—1993 годах. Министр обороны США в 2006 — 2011 годах. Wikipedia
“Tough-minded, realistic, and very pro-American.”
About South Korean president Lee Myung-bak, as quoted in Duty: Memoirs of a Secretary at War http://www.amazon.com/Duty-Memoirs-Secretary-at-War/dp/030794963X (12 May 2015), by R.M. Gates, p. 416.
Speech to U.S. Global Leadership Campaign (Washington, D.C.) http://www.defenselink.mil/speeches/speech.aspx?speechid=1262, 2008-07-15.
“Most governments lie to each other. That’s the way business gets done.”
CNN interview, 2011-06-19. http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-06-19/taliban-u-s-talks-very-preliminary-defense-chief-gates-says.html