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"Done Deal"
The Page by Mark Halperin —
... ABC News: Sources say Defense Secretary Gates will be staying on in the top Pentagon job, at least for the first year.
His appointment is expected to be part of a roll out of his security team after the Thanksgiving holiday. ...
Gates: A "Done Deal"
Swampland —
... He will stay on as Secretary of Defense for at least the first year of the Obama Administration, say Martha Raddatz and Jake Tapper at ABC. ...
Gates Will Stay as Defense Secretary
Taegan Goddard's Political Wire —
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. ...
Report: Gates to Remain as Defense Secretary
News —
... Secretary of Defense Robert Gates will keep his post in the Obama administration, reports ABC News . A source close to the process told ABC that it was "a done deal." The formal announcement is likely to be made after Thanksgiving. President-elect Obama will roll out the rest of his national security team at the same time, including the appointment of Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.) as secretary of State.
Happy Hour Links
Weekly Standard Blog —
Gates will stay on at Defense; Jim Geraghty notices some gnashing of teeth on the left.
Michael Yon writes that the Iraq war is over.
Without missing a shot, a corporal tallies 20 kills, as 30 U.S. Marines defeat 250 insurgents in Afghanistan.
The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco blocked a major offshore drilling effort.
Mitt Romney v. Jennifer Granholm on the auto bailouts.
Peter Schiff, who predicted the recession, is a bear on the bailouts and Obama. ...
Gates to Keep the Reins of War
Truthdig: Drilling Beneath the Headlines —
... Multiple news outlets, from ABC to Fox, 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.
At that time, Obama is expected to announce Hillary Clinton as his secretary of state and retired general James Jones as his national security advisor. ...
