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Gates will stay on as Secretary of Defense.
Think Progress —
... .” Obama will make the announcement official next week when he introduces his national security team. Politico’s Mike Allen reports: ...
Matt Lewis: Breaking News: Gates will stay on with Obama
Townhall.com Blog's TownHall Blog —
... Magazine | Finance [image] [image] Hugh Hewitt | Mike Gallagher | Michael Medved | Mary Katharine Ham | Kevin McCullough | Matt Lewis | Radio Blogger | Your Blogs Directory [image] Townhall.com The Blogspot for Political, Conservative and Republican Blogs and Bloggers Tuesday, November 25, 2008 Breaking News: Gates will stay on with Obama Posted by: Matt Lewis at 4:56 PM Mike Allen is reporting it at Politico.com [image] Email It | Print It | ...
(Sec Defense) Gates agrees to stay on under Obama
Democratic Underground Latest Breaking News —
... B. Steinberg, who was deputy national security adviser in the Clinton administration, to be named deputy secretary of State; Susan Rice, Obamas senior foreign policy adviser on the campaign, to be named U.S. ambassador to the United Nations; and retired Navy Admiral Dennis C. Blair, the former commander-in-chief of the U.S. Pacific Command and a veteran of the NSC, Central Intelligence Agency and Joint Chiefs of Staff, to be named the director of national intelligence. Read more: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1108/15986.html
Gates accepts position as Obama's defense secretary
AMERICAblog News| A great nation deserves the truth —
From Politico Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates has agreed to stay on under President-elect 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 Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.) as secretary of State, officials said. Retired Marine Gen. James L. Jones, former Marine commandant and commander of U.S. and NATO forces in Europe, will be named national security adviser, the officials said. The national security adviser heads the National Security Council, ...
Reports: Gates To Stay As Secretary Of Defense
TPM Election Central —
And speaking of the question of whether Robert Gates will remain as Obama's Sec Def, it looks like he's staying:
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 source close to the process tells ABC News.
The Politico also reports the same thing.
The Obama transition team isn't confirming the reports, but isn't denying them, either. A Pentagon spokesperson I just reached declined to ...
Report: Gates To Stay At Defense
TalkLeft —
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 Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.) as secretary of state, officials said. Retired Marine Gen. James Jones, former Marine commandant and commander of U.S. and NATO forces in Europe, will be named national security adviser, the officials said. Unlike a lot of folks, I respect Bush 41ers like ...
Gates Says Yes
The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan —
It's been a good day for the Obama administration.
Gates to Keep the Reins of War
Truthdig: Drilling Beneath the Headlines —
... , now confirm that Robert Gates will retain his post as secretary of defense for at least the first year of the Obama administration. The president-elect will roll out Gates and his other hawks during a national security team unveiling next week. ...
If Obama keeps Gates, "[t]he message would be clear: even Democrats agree that Democrats can't run the military."
Stubborn Facts —
Also sprach Chris Bowers, this morning. This afternoon: I've accepted President-elect Obama's invitation to keep me, says Gates. Message?
BREAKING NEWS: Gates to remain at Pentagon
The Reaction —
... President [after Bill Cohen by Bill Clinton]. The message would be clear: even Democrats agree that Democrats can't run the military." As well, while Gates may not be a right-wing ideologue, neocon or otherwise, many of his key people certainly -- and they are likely to remain with him at the Pentagon. In short, this seems to be a terrible move on Obama's part. Maybe it will work out better than expected, but, as of right now, I'm not impressed. (For more, see the Politico, as well as the reaction at Memeorandum.)
Thanks, George
Jules Crittenden —
... , will keep Robert Gates on as Secretary of Defense. Politico : 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 Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.) as secretary of state, officials said. … The team gives Obama experience in the bureaucracy and credibility with the military, although it could lead to criticism from his party’s left wing that the lineup is more hawkish and less revolutionary ...
Herd Today
N/A —
... 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. ...
Wise Move
Newshoggers.com —
... By Ron Beasley
I'm not a really big fan of the "Scowcroft Realists" but at least they are sane unlike the neocons. They have evil intentions but prefer covert actions to overt military adventures. That said I think this is a wise move on Obama's part.
Gates agrees to stay on under Obama
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 ...
Gates As Obama Defense Chief: Another Centrist Obama Administration Sign
The Moderate Voice —
... serve in President-elect Barack Obama’s Cabinet, advisors said Tuesday, setting up the unusual situation in which a wartime Pentagon chief remains to work under a president who has condemned the previous administration’s policies.
An official close to the Obama transition team said it was likely Gates would be named Defense secretary when the president-elect begins to unveil his national security team in announcements expected next week.
–The Politico:
David Axelrod, the incoming White House senior adviser, said ...
Gates to continue as Sec Def
QandO —
And, as you might imagine, the Netroots is none to happy about it. Chris Bowers: The most important appointment decision Obama will make during the transition, bar none, is who becomes, or remains, Secretary of Defense. As I have noted in the past, the Department of Defense oversees the expenditure of 52% of all discretionary spending, rendering it literally impossible for any other cabinet Secretary to oversee as much federal money. Further, keeping Gates on would only worsen Democratic image problems on national ...
Gates Stays on at Pentagon?
Mudville Gazette —
... And now back to the news. If the rumors are true, then Politico gets the headline right: Gates agrees to stay on under Obama. That's not the same as saying "Obama to keep Gates on at SecDef". Both might be true, but there was no "b" without "a", and as a certain ...
Bob Gates to stay on as SECDEF in Obama administration?
Wizbang —
As Politico's Mike Allen reports - 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 Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.) as secretary of state, officials said. Retired Marine Gen. James Jones, former Marine commandant and commander of U.S. and NATO forces in Europe, will be named national security adviser, the officials said. The national security adviser heads the National Security Council, ...
Gates to Stay at DoD
PoliBlog: A Rough Draft of my Thoughts —
As has been reported since yesterday (and speculated about for far longer than that), Bob Gates is set to stay at the DoD.
WaPo reports today that Agreement Near for Gates to Stay On as Defense Secretary
Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates is close to finalizing an agreement to remain at the Pentagon for at least the first year of Barack Obama’s presidency, providing the new commander in chief with a Republican in his
Cabinet and continuity for a military waging two wars, according to Democrats familiar with the negotiations. ...
Gates
Belmont Club —
... comments on reports that Defense Secretary Robert Gates has agreed to stay on under President-elect Barack Obama, a development that ...
Source: James Steinberg -- And Not Richard Holbrooke -- Close To Being Appointed Hillary's Deputy
TPM Election Central —
... today that the Obama team wants Steinberg in the slot, and The Politico wrote last week that Democrats close to the process "expected" him to get it. ...
Hillary Agrees To James Steinberg As Her Deputy At State
TPM Election Central —
... The move has been widely anticipated since Politico reported that Democrats "expected" it to happen, but it's significant that it's now a done deal. ...
