Gates Insists His Book is No Betrayal

By Taegan Goddard

Posted January 13, 2014 at 7:30pm

In an interview with Katie Couric, Former Defense Secretary Robert Gates pushed back against critics who suggested he should have sat on his memoir about his years in the Obama administration, insisting his tell-all is not a “betrayal” of Obama.

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