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  • Obama Flubs Gates' Name During Speech (Teleprompter turns on Obama)

    05/21/2009 9:13:10 AM PDT · by SonOfDarkSkies · 17 replies · 1,109+ views
    FoxNews.com ^ | 5/21/2009
    President Barack Obama sees his secretary of defense just about every day, but he still flubbed Robert Gates' name on Thursday. Gates was in the crowd for Obama's national security speech. Pointing him out, the president said "William Gates" was on hand.
  • Gates mix-up: Obama flubs defense chief's name

    05/21/2009 9:53:30 PM PDT · by LdSentinal · 8 replies · 678+ views
    NECN ^ | 5/21/09
    NECN: Washington, D.C.) - President Barack Obama, preparing to give a speech on Bush administration interrogation techniques and the prospective closure of the prison camp at Guantanamo Bay, took a moment to share the names of the members of his cabinet that were in attendance. Except he got one wrong. Defense Secretary Robert Gates was in the crowd, but President Obama said that "William Gates" was on hand. Was that William Gates, as in the Microsoft billionaire? On Tuesday, Gates was introduced at a Pentagon ceremony as Ronald Gates. At the time, Gates joked that he had recently been introduced...
  • Which Gates? Obama flubs defense chief's name

    05/21/2009 1:43:36 PM PDT · by pissant · 21 replies · 858+ views
    Breitbart ^ | 5/21/09 | staff
    WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama sees his secretary of defense just about every day, but he still flubbed Robert Gates' name on Thursday. Gates was in the crowd for Obama's national security speech. Pointing him out, the president said "William Gates" was on hand. Perhaps Obama was thinking of Bill Gates, the Microsoft billionaire. The defense chief, who goes by Bob, was also misidentified at a Pentagon ceremony on Tuesday. Then, he was introduced as Ronald Gates.