Daily Archives: March 31, 2014

March 2014 Top Stories

 in OaklandNJ

In Memory of an Oakland Star Rubs Me The Wrong Way Bergen County Prosecutor promises parents help in drug epidemic The Unfairest Oakland Tax of All Official Opening Ceremony of Stewart Woods Welcome to Oakland Time Travels Great Oak Park March 2014 Update Dogwood Artists featured in Bergen County Calendar […]

Duty: Memoirs of a Secretary at War

 in Ted Odenwald

Robert M. Gates. Duty: Memoirs of a Secretary at War. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2014. When Robert Gates stepped down as U.S. Secretary of Defense in 2011, he claimed that he was worn out: “…too tired for this stuff.” [Actually, he didn’t say “stuff.”] He had served two consecutive […]