BAKERSFIELD - Terrorism and the battle to fight it did not begin on Sept. 11, 2001, and the battle will not be quickly or easily won. That was the message of Robert Gates, former director of the Central Intelligence Agency, to his audience at Saturday's Bakersfield Business Conference. "Terror is a global challenge that will take many years and many forms to defeat," Gates said. "What amazes me is how long it took for us to react to terror against us." The only officer in CIA history to rise from entry-level employee to director, Gates served as director from November...