robert gates lead the pentagon during two administrations and two separate wars, now he is taking aim at his old boss, president barack obama. rosiland jordan takes a look. reporter: at the engineer of 2009, u.s. president barack obama told the nation it was time to renew the fight against the taliban in afghanistan. i have determined that it is in our vital national interest to send an additional 30,000 troops to afghanistan. after 18 months our troops will begin to come home. reporter: but behind closed doors, the former defense secretary says the president waffled about fighting a just war. robert gates accuses white house staffers of undermining president s obama s resolve, by criticizing karzai, and the idea of a troop surge . . . reporter: u.s. news reports about gates memoir suggests the book is as much about settling scores as talking about his 45 years in government. he also has harsh words about joe biden . . . gates accuses white house staffers of micro m
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