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Published 11/26/2008 by Michael D. Shear and Ann Scott Tyson at Wash Post Obama Administration

Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates is close to finalizing an agreement to remain at the Pentagon for at least the first year of an Obama presidency, providing the new commander in chief with a Republican in his Cabinet and continuity for a military waging two wars, according to Democrats familiar ... (link)

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