Robert Gates Net Worth

Also, Gates was one of the members of the Iraq Study Group hat has thoroughly studied the Iraq War. Even though being the first pick to become the first Director of National Intelligence (DNI), Gates turned down the appointment to remain President of Texas A&M University. It was on November 8, 2006 that he accepted he nomination for Secretary of Defense, filling in the shoes of Donald Rumsfeld. He remained to serve as Secretary of Defense in President Barack Obama’s administration, until his retirement in 2011. Robert Gates was presented with the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation’s highest civilian award, by President Obama during his retirement ceremony.