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CNN's Short List: Obama's secretary of defense?

 

Published 11/20/2008 by CNN Associate Producer Martina Stewart at CNN Political Ticker

Secretary of Defense Gates met with President-elect Barack Obama's transition team Thursday. (CNN) — Still no word on whether Defense Secretary Robert Gates is being asked to stay on the job by the president-elect or whether he would stay if asked. But he makes CNN’s Short List of possible contenders for the cabinet position. Following Lincoln’s [...] (link)

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