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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 Magazine
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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 the Pentagon, Gates has delivered a series of ...

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Obama Plans to Retain Gates at Defense Department
nytimes.com - 11/26/2008
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

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mudvillegazette.com - 11/26/2008
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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talkleft.com - 11/26/2008
Report: Gates To Stay At Defense
— talkleft.com — Reports say : Defense Secretary Robert Gates has agreed to stay on under President-elect Barack Obama, according to officials in both parties. Obama plans to announce a national-security team early next week that includes Gates at the Pentagon and ... (more) Report: Gates To Stay At Defense

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Cabinet Thoughts
Political Punch — ... Cabinet Thoughts November 27, 2008 5:45 PM Writing at Slate, Fred Kaplan likes the idea of PEBO keeping on Defense Secretary Robert Gates -- "the move is a stroke of brilliance—politically and substantively," Kaplan writes."In his nearly two years at the helm of the Pentagon," Kaplan writes, "Gates has delivered a series of speeches on the future direction of military policy. He has urged officers to recognize the shift in the face of warfare from the World War II legacy of titanic armored battles between comparably mighty foes to the modern reality of small shadow wars ...

FRED KAPLAN: “Keeping Robert Gates as secretary of defense is a great idea.” …
Instapundit — FRED KAPLAN: “Keeping Robert Gates as secretary of defense is a great idea.”

An argument for keeping Gates at the Pentagon
The Reaction — ... , I'm just not all that angry about it. The arguments against it, some of which I noted in my posts, are still valid, but I do concede that there is a good argument for it -- and it comes from Slate's Fred Kaplan, hardly a right-wing wacko, who calls Gates, assuming "the reports are true," "an excellent choice" and Obama's "move... a stroke of brilliance -- politically and substantively." ...

Gates' Pentagon
Political Animal — ... from Wednesday, I've been reading a bit about the various perspectives on whether it's wise for Barack Obama to keep Robert Gates on as the Secretary of Defense. Slate's Fred Kaplan, whose perspective on military and national security issues I regularly enjoy, described Gates as "an excellent choice" and " a stroke of brilliance ." In his nearly two years at the helm of the Pentagon, Gates has delivered a series of speeches on the future direction of military policy. He has urged officers to recognize the shift in the face of warfare from the World War II legacy of titanic ...

A Progressive Case for Gates
democracyarsenal.org — ... ” by firing two top Air Force officials and appointing Gen. Norton Schwartz – a non fighter pilot – to be Chief of Staff. As Slate’s Fred Kaplan argues, ...

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