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Barack Obama to keep Robert Gates in Defense, Fox reports

Truthdig: Drilling Beneath the Headlines found this 11/26/2008 on latimesblogs.latimes.com

President-elect Barack Obama has decided to retain the Bush administration's Secretary of Defense, Robert Gates , in his current position, at least for a year. According to a report just posted on FoxNews.com, Gates' re-appointment as Defense secretary will come next week as part of the ...