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washingtontimes.com - 12/23/2008

EXCLUSIVE: Obama wants Bush war team to stay

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Bill Gertz ( Contact ) Tuesday, December 23, 2008 EXCLUSIVE: Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates is asking many of the Bush administration's 250 Pentagon political appointees to remain on the job until the incoming Obama administration finds replacements -- a move designed to prevent a leadership ...

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telegraph.co.uk - 12/27/2008

George W Bush: winning the war on terror

— telegraph.co.uk — Bush's foreign policy has been reviled but his achievements should speak for themselves says Nile Gardiner.... (more) George W Bush: winning the war on terror

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washingtontimes.com - 12/23/2008

Obama wants Bush war team to stay

— washingtontimes.com — By: kayakjackky management 101 it's the boss not the worker who sets the policy! duh and he's... letting go the ideal logs. he did tell us he was going to do things different well this is different and I like it!!!!! December 23, 2008 at 12:22 p.m. | ... (more) Obama wants Bush war team to stay

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michellemalkin.com - 12/23/2008

Gertz: Obama keeps Bush war team

— michellemalkin.com — Read this post » (more) Gertz: Obama keeps Bush war team

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Newspaper Roundup for Dec. 23, 2008
CNSNews.com Headlines — ... 23, 2008 By Susan Jones, Senior Editor New York Times: Clinton Moves to Widen Role of State Dept. Houston Chronicle/AP: European nations open to taking Guantanamo detainees Washington Post: Obama to Use Lincoln's Bible Washington Times: States set to impose bevy of new taxes Likely to prolong recession, critics say Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel: High schools modify prohibition on iPods A total ban is unrealistic, they say Washington Times: Obama wants Bush war team to stay Los Angeles Daily News/AP: Wealthy Americans cutting down on ...

Obama Wants Bush War Team To Stay On
Pat Dollard | Young Americans — Washington Times: Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates is asking many of the Bush administration’s 250 Pentagon political appointees to remain on the job until the incoming Obama administration finds replacements — a move designed to prevent a leadership vacuum with U.S. troops engaged in wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. The unusual request by Mr. Gates, whom President-elect Barack Obama has asked to continue in his Cabinet post, ensures that key policy positions will not be left to “acting” subordinates as ...

Slow Transition At The Pentagon
Open Left - Front Page — ... . Obama appears to be doing whatever he can to avoid a similar fate, even if it means keeping a large number of Pentagon political appointees for an undetermined period of time: ...

This Will Get Ugly
Balloon Juice — After the crazy outrage over Rick Warren, I fear this is going to have a predictable outcome: Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates is asking many of the Bush administration’s 250 Pentagon political appointees to remain on the job until the incoming Obama administration finds replacements—a move designed to prevent a leadership vacuum with U.S. troops engaged in wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. The unusual request by Mr. Gates, whom President-elect Barack Obama has asked to continue in his Cabinet post, ensures that key policy positions will ...

Panic at the DOD
Matthew Yglesias — ... that folks really shouldn’t read anything into Bill Gertz’s report that “Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates is asking many of the Bush administration’s 250 Pentagon political appointees to remain on the job until the incoming Obama administration finds replacements.” ...

Obama's Pentagon
Political Animal — ... by Obama's team. This week, however, this story took a turn when Bill Gertz at the Washington Times , an unabashed far-right newspaper, reported that Obama wants the "Bush war team" to stay in place after the inauguration. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates is asking many of the Bush administration's 250 Pentagon political appointees to remain on the job until the incoming Obama administration finds replacements -- a move designed to prevent a leadership vacuum with U.S. troops engaged in wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. The unusual request by Mr. Gates, whom President-elect ...

Gates's people
The Reaction — ... So, according to the right-wing Washington Times, Obama apparently wants "many of the Bush administration's 250 Pentagon political appointees to remain on the job until the incoming... administration finds replacements -- a move designed to prevent a leadership vacuum with U.S. troops engaged in wars in Iraq and Afghanistan." ...