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Listen and Compromise: Robert Gates at Yale Yale Commencement 2012

    • Education

Robert M. Gates, chancellor of the College of William and Mary and former U.S. Secretary of Defense, offers his thoughts on the importance of compromise for the well-being of the nation and the value of a liberal arts education in this conversation during Yale Commencement weekend. Gates was awarded an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree by Yale at its 311th commencement on May 21, 2012. For more information on Gates and the honorary degree recipients, visit http://bit.ly/KMUTcQ

Robert M. Gates, chancellor of the College of William and Mary and former U.S. Secretary of Defense, offers his thoughts on the importance of compromise for the well-being of the nation and the value of a liberal arts education in this conversation during Yale Commencement weekend. Gates was awarded an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree by Yale at its 311th commencement on May 21, 2012. For more information on Gates and the honorary degree recipients, visit http://bit.ly/KMUTcQ

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