Gates As Obama Defense Chief: Another Centrist Obama Administration Sign
themoderatevoice.com 11/26/2008 — The clearly leaked news that Bush administration Secretary of Defense will likely stay on in the same post in President Barack Obama’s administration is yet one more sign that the incoming Obama administration will be centrist and will put a ...

Gates
washingtonmonthly.com 11/26/2008 — GATES.... As has been widely reported, Barack Obama will keep Defense Secretary Robert Gates at his post next year. This is not a surprise -- speculation about Gates staying on was common even before the election -- but it is...

What Would Obama Do?
openleft.com 12/9/2008 — Michael Tomasky writing in the Guardian about how anyone who thought Gates was a bad pick are complete idiots: And people who can't see that Obama needs to reassure the political establishment by doing things like re-appointing Robert Gates at the ...

The Debate Over Gates
openleft.com 11/25/2008 — The most important appointment decision Obama will make during the transition, bar none, is who becomes, or remains, Secretary of Defense. As I have noted in the past , the Department of Defense oversees the expenditure of 52% of all discretionary ...

Defense Secretary Gates to Keep Job Under Obama - FOXNews.com Transition Tracker
foxnews.com 11/25/2008 — Defense Secretary Robert Gates will keep the top Pentagon job for at least the first year of the Obama administration, FOX News has learned. There was very strong support for Gates among Democrats, said one Democratic source in the Senate whose boss ...

Gates Stays on at Pentagon?
mudvillegazette.com 11/26/2008 — 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 ...

Hullabaloo
digbysblog.blogspot.com 11/12/2008 — Monday, November 10, 2008 Change by digby Podesta also said Obama is working to build a diverse Cabinet. That includes reaching out to Republicans and independents — part of the broad coalition that supported Obama during the race against Republican ...

Times: Gates to Stay at Defense
dailykos.com 11/26/2008 — Peter Baker and Thom Shanker at The New York Times write: Obama Plans to Retain Gates at Defense Department : President-elect Barack Obama has decided to keep Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates in his post, a show of bipartisan continuity in a ...

More Change: Gates to Stay On At Pentagon
stoptheaclu.com 11/26/2008 — I've been giving Obama a hard time on his administration picks being Clintonites, lobbyists, and everything but the change his mantra promised. I'm not gonna do that on this one. I think it is a smart move to keep Gates on. We are on the verge of ...

BREAKING NEWS: Gates to remain at Pentagon
the-reaction.blogspot.com 11/26/2008 — By Michael J.W. Stickings CNN : Several officials close to President-elect Barack Obama's transition tell CNN that Defense Secretary Robert Gates is expected to stay on the job for at least the first year of the new administration. One source ...

Gates to Stay On as Defense Secretary — WSJ.com: Politics And Policy 11/26/2008
Obama's security team came into focus, with Gates likely to stay on as defense secretary and retired Marine Gen. James Jones expected to be named national security adviser.

Officials: Obama to ask Pentagon chief to stay — msnbc.com: Politics 11/26/2008
Seeking experience in wartime, President-elect Barack Obama intends to re-enlist Defense Secretary Robert Gates as head of the Pentagon — if only temporarily — and has chosen a retired Marine general to be White House national security adviser, ...

Agreement Near for Gates to Stay On as Defense Secretary — Wash Post Obama Administration 11/26/2008
Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates is close to finalizing an agreement to remain at the Pentagon for at least the first year of an Obama presidency, providing the new commander in chief with a Republican in his Cabinet and continuity for a military ...

Robert Gates agrees to stay on as Defense chief under Obama — L.A. Times - Politics 11/26/2008
Obama is apparently ready to choose another military leader with bipartisan support, Marine Gen. James L. Jones, for national security advisor. > Defense ...

AP poll: Few Obama, McCain backers were unwavering (AP) — Yahoo! News: Politics News 11/26/2008
AP - Inch by inch, voter by voter, Barack Obama and John McCain labored for more than a year to lock down supporters and woo defectors. It turns out, though, that the nation's voters were a lot more fickle than commonly expected, and far more prone to ...