washingtonmonthly.com - 11/26/2008
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GATES.... As has been widely reported, Barack Obama will keep Defense Secretary Robert Gates at his post next year. This is not a surprise -- speculation about Gates staying on was common even before the election -- but it is...
Gates a 'Done Deal'
blogs.abcnews.com 11/25/2008 — Martha Raddatz and Jake Tapper Report: Sources tell ABC News that Defense Secretary Robert Gates will be staying on in the top Pentagon job, for at least the first year of the Obama administration. "It is a done deal," a...
Barack Obama to keep Robert Gates in Defense, Fox reports
latimesblogs.latimes.com 11/26/2008 — 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 ...
More Change: Gates to Stay On At Pentagon
stoptheaclu.com 11/26/2008 — I've been giving Obama a hard time on his administration picks being Clintonites, lobbyists, and everything but the change his mantra promised. I'm not gonna do that on this one. I think it is a smart move to keep Gates on. We are on the verge of ...
Gates to stay at Defense
swamppolitics.com 11/26/2008 — by Frank James
It's being widely reported that President-elect Barack Obama has asked Defense Secretary Robert Gates to stay on at the Pentagon and that Gates has agreed.
The move would maintain continuity at the Pentagon at a critical time ...
Herd Today
theheretik.us 11/26/2008 —
Bull elephant Robert Gates to join donkey herd in Obama administration. Or you could say since Gates already is Secretary of Defense that the rest of the Obama admin is joining him. Or something.
Change is good . Even when there is no change . ...
Gates Likely to Stay Defense Secretary
poligazette.com 11/26/2008 — Not that I’m sure anybody is surprised by this at this point (perhaps except the far-left hoping Obama might change his mind), but it is looking increasingly likely that current Defense Secretary Robert Gates will hold his job for at least ...
Report: Gates To Stay At Defense
talkleft.com 11/26/2008 — 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 ...
Gates Staying as SECDEF
outsidethebeltway.com 11/26/2008 — It’s being widely reported that Bob Gates has agreed to stay on, at least for a time, as Secretary of Defense. Politico’s Mike Allen fills in the rest of the foreign policy team:
Obama plans to announce a national-security team early ...
Times: Gates to Stay at Defense
dailykos.com 11/26/2008 — Peter Baker and Thom Shanker at The New York Times write: Obama Plans to Retain Gates at Defense Department : President-elect Barack Obama has decided to keep Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates in his post, a show of bipartisan continuity in a ...
Gates will stay
politico.com 11/26/2008 — Mike Allen and ABC report that, as expected, Obama will keep Robert Gates as Defense Secretary.
There's a lot of logic to the move: It puts a Republican, as promised, in a top slot; it prevents Obama from taking the blame, immediately, for whatever ...
Obama: Gates Will End The War In Iraq
tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com 12/1/2008 — Another key moment from Obama's national security presser today: In case there were any lingering doubts about how his decision to keep Defense Secretary Robert Gates might impact his promise to withdraw from Iraq, Obama made it clear: Gates will be ...
Armed Services chairman praises move to keep Gates —
Politico Live's Blogs
Senate Armed Services Chairman Carl Levin, a staunch critic of the Iraq war, is praising President-elect Barack Obama's move to keep Defense Secretary Robert Gates at the helm with two wars under way.
"It reflects President-elect Obama’s perspective that quality is a non-partisan ...
MyDD —
News
By keeping Robert Gates as his Defense secretary, President-elect Barack Obama will be allowed to keep his promise of having a multi-partisan Cabinet and could thus enjoy more political capital to accomplish his agenda, writes Todd Beeton. Sen. Robert Menendez (D-N.J.), the new chairman of the ...
Smart Move —
Neptunus Lex
Official: Obama asks Gates to stay at Pentagon
President-elect Barack Obama will keep Defense Secretary Robert Gates in that job for at least a year, according to an official familiar the two men’s discussions.
Obama is expected to announce the selection of Gates and other members of ...
Obama to ask Robert Gates to stay —
Crooks and Liars
OMG, another leak .
Seeking experience in a time of war, President-elect Barack Obama will keep Defense Secretary Robert Gates in that job — if only temporarily — and he has chosen a retired Marine general to be his national security adviser, officials said Tuesday. Gates and retired Gen. ...
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