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Former Defense Secretary Robert Gates to Join Uber

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WhiteHouse 091714 RobertGates?  SQUARESPACE CACHEVERSION=1411008014544Official White House Photo by Pete Souza(NEW YORK) — Former Secretary of Defense Robert Gates will join a fellow former member of the Obama administration in the coming months as he takes on a voluntary role at Uber.

According to a post to the Uber website, Gates will join the ride-sharing company as chairman of Uber Military, a new program aimed at hiring service members, veterans and family of military members. “Transitioning from military to civilian life can be challenging, but at Uber we understand that veterans are some of our nation’s most talented and skilled leaders,” the post says.

“Over the next 18 months,” the post reads, “we will on-board 50,000 members of the military community to the Uber platform.”

The post quotes Gates as saying he is, “proud to be a part of this unprecedented effort by a single company to ensure that tens of thousands of our nation’s military members, veterans and spouses have access to a unique entrepreneurial opportunity.”

Earlier this summer, former Obama Adviser David Plouffe announced that he would join Uber as senior vice president of policy and strategy.


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