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Dems Launch Preemptive Strike on Gates ‘60 Minutes’ Spot

DNC knocks the former defense secretary on Afghanistan, defends Biden on pullout

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Jeff Stein
Oct 15, 2021
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Former Defense Secretary Robert Gates, out of office a decade now, gets a prime perch at 60 Minutes on Sunday to knock the Biden administration’s handling of last August’s chaotic Afghanistan withdrawal, but the Democratic National Committee is having none of it.

Late Friday afternoon the DNC sent out a rocket email saying the former George W. Bush and B…

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