Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation conducts all operations and grantmaking work, and it is the entity from which all grants are made". Also announced was the decision to "... spend all of [the Trust's] resources within 20 years after Bill's and Melinda's deaths". This would close the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Trust and effectively end the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. In the same announcement it was reiterated that Warren Buffett "... has stipulated that the proceeds from the Berkshire Hathaway shares he still owns at death are to be used for philanthropic purposes within 10 years after his estate has been settled". The
USS Thomas S. Gates western Mediterranean. She then underwent a period of maintenance in Marseille, France (11–22 October) before she participated in Exercise National Week (24–31 October), during which she conducted turnover with her relief, the cruiser at Pollensa Bay, Majorca (29 October). Out-chopping to Commander, 2d Fleet, on 31 October 1989, "Thomas S. Gates" then conducted her return transit to Norfolk (31 October-10 November 1989). From 15 August 1990 to 28 March 1991, "Thomas S. Gates" deployed in support of Desert Shield and Desert Storm. With only five days of intensive preparations, "Thomas S. Gates" deployed as an element of the battle group