Robert Gates Responds on His Quote and Respect for Joe Biden's Character - WSJ letter
(I did not read the original story to which he responds)
Regarding your editorial “The Biden Contradiction” (Oct. 30): Since entering public service 54 years ago, I have avoided getting involved in partisan politics. While it is certainly fair to quote my criticisms of Joe Biden’s record on national security, fairness requires me to note for the record that those comments written in 2014 also noted that Mr. Biden was a man of genuine integrity and character. It is also worth noting that I wrote in these very pages that Donald Trump “is stubbornly uninformed about the world and how to lead our country and government, and temperamentally unsuited to lead our men and women in uniform. He is unqualified and unfit to be commander-in-chief” (“Sizing Up the Next Commander-in-Chief,” op-ed, Sept. 17, 2016).
Robert M. Gates
Mount Vernon, Wash.
Mr. Gates was director of the CIA 1991-93 and secretary of defense 2006-2011.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/robert-gates-responds-on-his-quote-and-respect-for-joe-bidens-character-11604255503 (subscription)
