Duty: Memoirs of a Secretary at War is a nonfiction book written by Robert M. Gates, a former U.S. secretary of defense. It was published in January 2014 by Alfred A. Knopf. The book recounts Gates's service in the George W. Bush administration (2006–2009) and the Obama administration (2009–2011), including his experiences managing the Afghan and Iraq wars. Narrated in first person point of view, the book describes Secretary Gates's personal interactions with the U.S. Congress, the Pentagon's bureaucracy, and the White House staff under President Obama. This memoir is also the first to recount the Obama administration's policy discussions and debates during Cabinet meetings. Source: Wikipedia (en)