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online.wsj.com - 11/11/2008

Obama May Ask Gates to Keep Post

— online.wsj.com — President-elect Obama is leaning toward asking Defense Secretary Gates to remain in his position for at least... a year. An official said Gates would likely accept the offer. (more) Obama May Ask Gates to Keep Post

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ft.com - 11/18/2008

FT.com / World - Obama in talks with Gates on Pentagon role

— ft.com — President-elect Barack Obama and Robert Gates are negotiating terms under which the defence secretary would remain as... Pentagon chief in his administration, the Financial Times has learned. Mr Obama, through an intermediary, has approached Mr Gates, ... (more) FT.com / World - Obama in talks with Gates on Pentagon role

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talkingpointsmemo.com - 11/12/2008

About Gates at DOD

— talkingpointsmemo.com — As you know, there was a lot of chatter yesterday about Obama keeping Bob Gates on at... Defense for some indeterminate period of time. And we can talk a lot about whether or not that's a good thing. But what I'm not hearing a lot about in this ... (more) About Gates at DOD

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Gates to Stay on as SecDef?
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Kooks and Creeps Giving Advice
Little Green Footballs — ... Lunatics and antisemites are coming out of the woodwork, and calling on Barack Obama to appoint an anti-war Secretary of Defense. ...

Obama’s Anti-Military Base Crashing Down Gates, Demanding New “Strident, Anti-War” War Chief
Pat Dollard | Young Americans — Politico: Arms control advocates and anti-war activists are ratcheting up pressure on President-elect Barack Obama to dump Defense Secretary Robert Gates and replace him with a more strident anti-war voice. Nominating Gates to stay, “would be a violation of the mandate for change that Obama says he represents,” said Medea Benjamin, cofounder of the anti-war group CodePink. A better bipartisan fit for Obama, they say, is Sen. Chuck Hagel (R-Neb.), who brings out what they like about Gates – his ability to deal with Russia, Iran and ...

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Robert Gates
Newshoggers.com — ... "Anti-war" groups are concerned about talk that Obama might consider keeping Robert Gates on as Defense Secretary.  Gates has appeared to be an island of sanity in a sea of the criminally insane.  ...