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outsidethebeltway.com - 11/26/2008
Gates Staying as SECDEF
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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 next week that includes Gates at the Pentagon ...
apnews.myway.com - 11/26/2008
My Way News - Official: Obama asks Gates to stay at Pentagon
— apnews.myway.com — My Way News - Official: Obama asks Gates to stay at Pentagon (more) My Way News - Official: Obama asks Gates to stay at Pentagon

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Gates expected to stay on as Obama's defense secretary
cnn.com - 11/25/2008
Gates expected to stay on as Obama's defense secretary
— cnn.com — Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson sits down with his likely successor Timothy Geithner on Tuesday. (more) Gates expected to stay on as Obama's defense secretary

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Robert Gates: Should He Have Stayed?
thewashingtonnote.com - 11/26/2008
Robert Gates: Should He Have Stayed?
— thewashingtonnote.com — Bob Gates is keeping his Pentagon perch (which has been quite clear for some time). I had moved close to the view that Gates should go. My thinking at the time was that Gates played a vital role "Out-Cheneying Cheney" in the last couple of ... (more) Robert Gates: Should He Have Stayed?

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Wizbang:  Bob Gates to stay on as SECDEF in Obama administration?

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Bob Gates to stay on as SECDEF in Obama administration?
Wizbang — ... to the United Nations; and retired Adm. Dennis 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. Tom Donilon, an assistant secretary of state for public affairs and chief of staff at the U.S. Department of State during the Clinton administration, is a leading candidate to be Jones' deputy at the NSC, officials said. James Joyner at OTB writes "With the exception of Clinton, all have very impressive foreign affairs credentials and ...

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