FMR. DEFENSE SECRETARY: Obama hurt US credibility after Syria crossed his ‘red line'

Former Secretary of Defense Dr. Robert Gates recently stopped by Business Insider to talk about his new book "A Passion For Leadership: Lessons on Change and Reform From Fifty Years of Public Service."

We asked Gates for his perspective on the political impact made by President Obama's decision not to intervene militarily in Syria after Assad's regime crossed the metaphorical "red line" described by Obama in a 2012 news conference.

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