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>> robert gates worked for eight presidents. his last job, of course, was secretary of defense. starting under president george w. bush in 2006 and ending under president obama in 2011. he has just published his memoirs simply called duty, unusual and controversial move when one of the presidents he served is still in office. and he criticizes that president, or so many say. we'll get to that. i wanted to start off on the substance of the key decisions made on his watch. iraq, afghanistan, libya, syria, iran. you know that secretary gates is in a neck race. if you're wondering if it's whiplash from his critics, it is not. he tripped and broke a vertebra. thank you so much for joining us. >> my pleasure. >> so, fred kaplan calls this memoir a primal scream. do you think it was a primal scream? >> no, but i do think one of the