<a href="http://nytimes.com/" target="_blank">New York Times</a> Chief Washington Correspondent David Sanger and his colleague, Thom Shanker, broke the story over the weekend that <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Gates" target="_blank">Defense Secretary Robert Gate</a>s sent a secret memo to the White House expressing his concern about America's long-term strategy toward Iran.

New York Times Chief Washington Correspondent David Sanger and his colleague, Thom Shanker, broke the story over the weekend that Defense Secretary Robert Gates sent a secret memo to the White House expressing his concern about America's long-term strategy toward Iran.

<a href="http://nytimes.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer">New York Times</a> Chief Washington Correspondent David Sanger and his colleague, Thom Shanker, broke the story over the weekend that <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Gates" rel="noopener noreferrer">Defense Secretary Robert Gate</a>s sent a secret memo to the White House expressing his concern about America's long-term strategy toward Iran.

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