Chicago, Dec. 3: US Defense Secretary Robert Gates has revealed that he has an "open-ended" agreement to remain at the Pentagon incoming President Barack Obama.
Gates said he would not be a "caretaker secretary" and scotched media reports of him being given a time frame of just a year to serve under Obama.
"With the country fighting two wars, and our men and women in uniform at risk, if the president asked me to help, there''s no way I can say no," Gates said.
New Delhi, Dec 2 : As India stepped up pressure on Pakistan in the wake of the Mumbai terror attacks, New Delhi has demanded Islamabad to handover about 20 fugitives.
External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee said in New Delhi today that a demarche has been handed over to the Pakistan High Commissioner in India on Monday night.
Washington, December 2 : As Barack Obama moves closer to the January date when he will begin his term as the 44th U. S. President, new research suggests that people need not worry that the traditional ways of working at the White House will adversely influence his thoughts.
Published in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, the collaborative study has found that people are unlikely to be influenced by others when they are in a high power position.
Washington, Dec. 2 : In almost a month since he became the U. S. president-elect, Barack Obama has taken the lead -- and some say the reins -- from President George W. Bush.
Presidential historians and political analysts say they cannot recall a time in the past 75 years when a president-elect has had so large a role as Obama, whose growing transition team often appears more prominent than the actual team in power.
Washington - President-elect Barack Obama announced a national security team on Monday that will be tasked with mapping out a new direction for foreign policy and reshape the way the United States approaches the world.
The new team will focus on ending the conflict in Iraq and will inherit an escalating conflict in Afghanistan, where the outcome remains in doubt. They will also have to plot a strategy to prevent Iran from obtaining nuclear weapons and deal with a resurgent Russia.
Chicago, Dec. 3: US Defense Secretary Robert Gates has revealed that he has an "open-ended" agreement to remain at the Pentagon incoming President Barack Obama. 
New Delhi, Dec 2 : As India stepped up pressure on Pakistan in the wake of the Mumbai terror attacks, New Delhi has demanded Islamabad to handover about 20 fugitives.
Washington, December 2 : As Barack Obama moves closer to the January date when he will begin his term as the 44th U. S. President, new research suggests that people need not worry that the traditional ways of working at the White House will adversely influence his thoughts.
Washington, Dec. 2 : In almost a month since he became the U. S. president-elect, Barack Obama has taken the lead -- and some say the reins -- from President George W. Bush.
NEW YORK, Dec. 1 -- U. S.
Washington - President-elect Barack Obama announced a national security team on Monday that will be tasked with mapping out a new direction for foreign policy and reshape the way the United States approaches the world.
