Person Of The Year: Robert M. Gates, (Aviation Week & Space Technology)…Michael Bruno, Amy Butler and John M. Doyle, Jan 5, 2009
…Gates has focused on the simple idea, albeit a complex task, of getting the job done. This grounded purpose has been long needed in a Washington polarized by political disagreement over the use of military power abroad and the struggle to reinvigorate strained alliances. Gates’s pragmatism is rippling through many facets of U.S. policy and helping to repair damaged relations with Congress, the State Dept. and the global aerospace industry. This is why he is Aviation Week’s Person of the Year for 2008.
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