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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 happens in Iraq; and it's probably good for ...
Obama Plans to Retain Gates at Defense Department
Obama Plans to Retain Gates at Defense Department
nytimes.com — President-elect Barack Obama will keep Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates as a show of continuity in a time of war, Democrats close to the transition said. > (more) Obama Plans to Retain Gates at Defense Department
Gates Expected to Remain at Defense
voices.washingtonpost.com — By Michael D. Shear and Ann Scott Tyson Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates is expected to stay on at the Pentagon for at least a year after Barack Obama takes office, providing the new president with a Republican presence in his cabinet and a ... (more) Gates Expected to Remain at Defense
Gates Stays on at Pentagon?
mudvillegazette.com — First, your U.S. history trivia for the day: Henry Lewis Stimson, Secretary of War throughout World War Two under Democrat Presidents Roosevelt and Truman, was a Republican. ***** And now back to the news. If the rumors are true, then Politico ... (more) Gates Stays on at Pentagon?
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Gates Reax: The Thoughtless and The Thoughtful
The Moderate Voice — ... Reading Ben Smith’s blog late yesterday afternoon, I was struck by the empty-headed hysteria of one commenter’s response to the news that President-elect Obama would retain Robert Gates as Secretary of Defense: ...

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