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Published 12/3/2008 by rsinderbrand at CNN Political Ticker

New administration, old problem for Gates. WASHINGTON (CNN) — Since 2006, he has garnered an image of fixing problems at the Pentagon — he was the anti-Rumsfeld, and his time was to be short. But Defense Secretary Robert Gates now faces a host of issues he thought he would be leaving behind as the [...] (link)

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