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Hope, not change: Gates staying for at least another year
hotair.com - 11/26/2008
Hope, not change: Gates staying for at least another year
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So says Tapper , greatly surprising no one. [...] Read the rest »
politico.com - 11/25/2008
Gates agrees to stay on under Obama
— politico.com — Also, James L. Jones, former commander of U.S. and NATO forces in Europe, will be named national... security adviser. (more) Gates agrees to stay on under Obama

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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

Comments vote down Michelle Malkin found this 11/26/2008found this
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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The Moderate Voice:  Gates As Obama Defense Chief: Another Centrist Obama Administration Sign

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Gates As Obama Defense Chief: Another Centrist Obama Administration Sign
The Moderate Voice — ... Are My Keys: Yeah, keeping Robert Gates on as Secretary of Defense won’t cause too much of a stir to the far-Leftie-anti-war crowd, will it? Remind me how keeping the guy who is in charge of all things Bush war-related is “change”? And isn’t interesting how now that Obama has given the nod to Gates, suddenly Gates is “the right man for the job”? Who’s next up, Rumsfeld? –Hot Air’s Allahpundit: If any Bush cabinet member deserves to be held over, ...

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