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Robert Michael Gates (born September 25, 1943) is an American intelligence analyst who served as the 22nd United States secretary of defense from 2006 to 2011 and as the 15th director of central intelligence from 1991 to 1993 as a member of the Republican Party. He has been the 24th chancellor of the College of William and Mary since 2012.
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TTTA extracted 166 structured relationships around Robert Gates. Examples in this analysis include Robert Gates → Allegiance → United States and Robert Gates → Born → Robert Michael Gates (1943-09-25) September 25, 1943 (age 82) Wichita, Kansas, U.S.. The table shows each extracted connection, where it came from and its confidence.
| Subject | Predicate | Object | Confidence | Src |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robert Gates | Allegiance | United States | 1.00 | infobox |
| Robert Gates | Born | Robert Michael Gates (1943-09-25) September 25, 1943 (age 82) Wichita, Kansas, U.S. | 1.00 | infobox |
| Robert Gates | Branch/service | United States Air Force | 1.00 | infobox |
| Robert Gates | Children | 2 | 1.00 | infobox |
| Robert Gates | Deputy | Gordon R. England William J. Lynn III | 1.00 | infobox |
| Robert Gates | Deputy | Richard James Kerr William O. Studeman | 1.00 | infobox |
| Robert Gates | Education | College of William and Mary (BA) Indiana University, Bloomington (MA) Georgetown University (PhD) | 1.00 | infobox |
| Robert Gates | Party | Republican | 1.00 | infobox |
| Robert Gates | Preceded by | Sandra Day O'Connor | 1.00 | infobox |
| Robert Gates | Preceded by | Wayne M. Perry | 1.00 | infobox |
| Robert Gates | Preceded by | Donald Rumsfeld | 1.00 | infobox |
| Robert Gates | Preceded by | Ray M. Bowen | 1.00 | infobox |
| Robert Gates | Preceded by | William H. Webster | 1.00 | infobox |
| Robert Gates | Preceded by | William J. Casey | 1.00 | infobox |
| Robert Gates | Preceded by | John Negroponte | 1.00 | infobox |
| Robert Gates | Preceded by | John N. McMahon | 1.00 | infobox |
| Robert Gates | President | W. Taylor Reveley III Katherine Rowe | 1.00 | infobox |
| Robert Gates | President | George W. Bush Barack Obama | 1.00 | infobox |
| Robert Gates | President | George H. W. Bush | 1.00 | infobox |
| Robert Gates | President | Ronald Reagan | 1.00 | infobox |
| Robert Gates | President | Ronald Reagan George H. W. Bush | 1.00 | infobox |
| Robert Gates | Rank | First Lieutenant | 1.00 | infobox |
| Robert Gates | Spouse | .mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin2px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-2px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin3px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-3px}.mw-parser-output .marria… | 1.00 | infobox |
| Robert Gates | Succeeded by | Randall L. Stephenson | 1.00 | infobox |
| Robert Gates | Succeeded by | Leon Panetta | 1.00 | infobox |
| Robert Gates | Succeeded by | Ed Davis (acting) | 1.00 | infobox |
| Robert Gates | Succeeded by | R. James Woolsey Jr. | 1.00 | infobox |
| Robert Gates | Succeeded by | William H. Webster | 1.00 | infobox |
| Robert Gates | Succeeded by | Jonathan Howe | 1.00 | infobox |
| Robert Gates | Succeeded by | Richard James Kerr | 1.00 | infobox |
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TTTA analyzes the structure around Robert Gates to surface related topics, entities, relationships, concept neighborhoods and bridge connections. Use the map to explore areas such as Career, Art & Measurement, including less central topics that may reveal useful research gaps. Automatically extracted connections are research leads rather than rewritten encyclopedia content.
Source: Wikipedia — Robert Gates · EN edition · Analysis: TopicsToTalkAbout