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11-25-2008, 07:38 PM
Robert Gates: Obama's Defense Secretary
Huffington Post l November 19, 2008
Update, 11/25 7PM
Fox News (http://www.foxnews.com/politics/elections/2008/11/25/defense-secretary-gates-job-obama/) reports:
There was very strong support for Gates among Democrats, said one Democratic source in the Senate whose boss was intimately involved in bringing Obama and Gates together to see if they were compatible...
Gates will continue to preside over two U.S. wars, in Iraq and Afghanistan, that Bush launched as part of the larger war on terror.
There are several issues on which Gates and Obama disagree, including missile defense. Gates supports placing a missile defense system in Europe, but Obama already has suggested that he won't sign off on it until the technology has been proven capable.
Update, 11/25 5PM
Politico (http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1108/15986.html) now reports that Gates has agreed to stay on as defense secretary into President-elect Barack Obama's first term. They also report that the news will be announced early next week along with other national security nominations, including the pick of Hillary Clinton as secretary of state.
Update, 11/25 4PM
ABC (http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalradar/2008/11/gates-cabinet-a.html) now reports that the Gates selection is "a done deal":
Gates, while a registered independent, has served numerous Republican administrations. President George W. Bush nominated Gates to replace the Donald Rumsfeld after the 2006 midterm elections, when the war in Iraq was spiraling out of control.
The former Eagle Scout is expected to be rolled out immediately after the Thanksgiving Holiday weekend as part of a larger national security team expected to include Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-NY, as Secretary of State; Marine Gen. Jim Jones (Ret.) as National Security Adviser; Admiral Dennis Blair (Ret.) as Director of National Intelligence; and Dr. Susan Rice as U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations.
link (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/11/19/robert-gates-obamas-defen_n_144874.html)
Huffington Post l November 19, 2008
Update, 11/25 7PM
Fox News (http://www.foxnews.com/politics/elections/2008/11/25/defense-secretary-gates-job-obama/) reports:
There was very strong support for Gates among Democrats, said one Democratic source in the Senate whose boss was intimately involved in bringing Obama and Gates together to see if they were compatible...
Gates will continue to preside over two U.S. wars, in Iraq and Afghanistan, that Bush launched as part of the larger war on terror.
There are several issues on which Gates and Obama disagree, including missile defense. Gates supports placing a missile defense system in Europe, but Obama already has suggested that he won't sign off on it until the technology has been proven capable.
Update, 11/25 5PM
Politico (http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1108/15986.html) now reports that Gates has agreed to stay on as defense secretary into President-elect Barack Obama's first term. They also report that the news will be announced early next week along with other national security nominations, including the pick of Hillary Clinton as secretary of state.
Update, 11/25 4PM
ABC (http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalradar/2008/11/gates-cabinet-a.html) now reports that the Gates selection is "a done deal":
Gates, while a registered independent, has served numerous Republican administrations. President George W. Bush nominated Gates to replace the Donald Rumsfeld after the 2006 midterm elections, when the war in Iraq was spiraling out of control.
The former Eagle Scout is expected to be rolled out immediately after the Thanksgiving Holiday weekend as part of a larger national security team expected to include Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-NY, as Secretary of State; Marine Gen. Jim Jones (Ret.) as National Security Adviser; Admiral Dennis Blair (Ret.) as Director of National Intelligence; and Dr. Susan Rice as U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations.
link (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/11/19/robert-gates-obamas-defen_n_144874.html)