the-reaction.blogspot.com - 11/26/2008
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By Michael J.W. Stickings CNN : Several officials close to President-elect Barack Obama's transition tell CNN that Defense Secretary Robert Gates is expected to stay on the job for at least the first year of the new administration. One source called it "all but a done deal" that the ...
mudvillegazette.com - 11/26/2008
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mudvillegazette.com —
First, your U.S. history trivia for the day:
Henry Lewis Stimson, Secretary of War throughout World War...
Two under Democrat Presidents Roosevelt and Truman, was a Republican. ***** And now back to the news. If the rumors are true, then Politico ...
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Gates Stays on at Pentagon?
talkleft.com - 11/26/2008
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talkleft.com —
Reports say : Defense Secretary Robert Gates has
agreed to stay on under President-elect Barack Obama, according...
to officials in both parties. Obama plans to announce a national-security team early next week that includes Gates at the Pentagon and ...
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Report: Gates To Stay At Defense
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Gates at the Pentagon (and What It Says About Obama)
The Moderate Voice —
... another thing altogether to appoint a diverse team of officials who are all pledged to implement a clear progressive agenda.
For more on this, see Greg Sargent at TPM Election Central. To me, it does look like Obama is building just that sort of “diverse team.” The question is whether he is committed to implementing “a clear progressive agenda.” He may very well be, and, yes, I retain the hope that he is.
(Cross-posted from The Reaction.)
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