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Published 1/5/2009 by Walter Pincus at Wash Post Federal Page
As Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates becomes the bridge between the outgoing and incoming administrations, the views he has offered in interviews and essays since agreeing to remain as Pentagon chief merit a second look.
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