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firstread.msnbc.msn.com - 11/11/2008
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From NBC's Jim Miklaszewski In 10 weeks, Obama will be sworn in as president, the Bush Administration comes to an inglorious end, and Defense Secretary Robert Gates could finally retire to his home overlooking Big Lake in Washington State. To remind him, Gates carries a thin plastic business-like card embedded with a digital clock counting down the days.
But will he go?
Speculation is mounting that Obama will ask Gates to remain at the Pentagon -- at least temporarily -- to provide ...
online.wsj.com - 11/11/2008
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online.wsj.com —
President-elect Obama is leaning toward asking Defense Secretary
Gates to remain in his position for at least
a year. An official said Gates would likely accept the offer.
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Obama May Ask Gates to Keep Post
ft.com - 11/18/2008
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ft.com —
President-elect Barack Obama and Robert Gates are negotiating
terms under which the defence secretary would remain as
Pentagon chief in his administration, the Financial Times has learned. Mr Obama, through an intermediary, has approached Mr Gates, ...
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FT.com / World - Obama in talks with Gates on Pentagon role
talkingpointsmemo.com - 11/12/2008
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talkingpointsmemo.com —
As you know, there was a lot of
chatter yesterday about Obama keeping Bob Gates on at
Defense for some indeterminate period of time. And we can talk a lot about whether or not that's a good thing. But what I'm not hearing a lot about in this ...
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About Gates at DOD
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