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Keeping Robert Gates as secretary of defense is a great idea. - By Fred Kaplan - Slate Magazine

Political Punch found this 11/27/2008 on 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 the Pentagon, Gates has delivered a series of ...