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Gates Vows Active Role in Staying On at Pentagon
nytimes.com - 12/3/2008
Gates Vows Active Role in Staying On at Pentagon
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Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates said he had no intention of being a “caretaker” and agreed with a “responsible drawdown” plan in Iraq. >

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The Caucus:  The Early Word: Richardson Gets the Nod

motherjones.com - 12/1/2008
The Curious Retention of Robert Gates
— motherjones.com — Barack Obama's national security team--at this early stage--presents more questions than answers. His selection of Hillary Clinton to be secretary of state has been a much-chewed-over topic of pundit puzzlement . And with the Monday morning unveiling ... (more) The Curious Retention of Robert Gates

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Keeping Robert Gates as secretary of defense is a great idea. - By Fred Kaplan - Slate Magazine
slate.com - 11/27/2008
Keeping Robert Gates as secretary of defense is a great idea. - By Fred Kaplan - Slate ...
— slate.com — Robert Gates. Click image to expand. Robert Gates If the reports are true that Robert Gates will stay on as President Obama's defense secretary, the move is a stroke of brilliance—politically and substantively. In his nearly two years at the helm of ... (more) Keeping Robert Gates as secretary of defense is a great ...

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The Early Word: Richardson Gets the Nod
The Caucus — ... selection has electrified a diplomatic world where officials can now anticipate the prospect of sitting across a conference table from a former American first lady and presidential candidate, with all of the drama that is attached to the Clinton story. At a news conference yesterday current and future Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates “did not explicitly endorse Mr. Obama’s campaign pledge to withdraw all combat troops within 16 months,” The Times’s Elisabeth Bumiller reports. She writes : Instead, Mr. Gates said he supported the broad outlines of Mr. Obama’s ...

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