In his new book, Exercise of Power , Secretary Gates reflects on the successes and shortcomings of the U. At pages the Secretary definitely covers a lot of ground — so here are my top takeaways on the book from my own USGLC lens:. One of the bright spots for the secretary , who served during both the Bush and Obama Administrations, was the success of PEPFAR — both as a highly effective program saving millions of lives and as an arena where the U.
As one might expect, Gates is certainly not shy to point out the failures he has seen in U. He saved China for the end of the book — but calls the U. One of the other elements of U. He details a number of these partnerships throughout the book, and also underscores the missed opportunity for the U. The world has witnessed the significant and tragic loss of more than 3 million people due COVID over the past year. One is the deemed export issue. Trying to put the burden on U.
And I also think that it discourages people from coming here. I think we can figure out what kind of major people are pursuing and what they are working on and keep track of that a lot easier than we can monitor physical access. I think that changes should be made.
The Department of Commerce sponsored a working group on this several years ago, which I cochaired until I became secretary of defense, with a view to simplifying these rules and making them more manageable. I think that that effort was not ultimately successful, and we need to return to it.
The other issue is that we should be making it easier for international students who graduate from our universities, particularly those with a background in finance and math, to remain here and work rather than essentially forcing them to go home.
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