Obama asks Gates to stay on

[lovuian]

http://feeds.bignewsnetwork.com/index.php?sid=434776

US officials have confirmed Defense Secretary Robert Gates has agreed to stay in his job under president-elect Obama.

Gates is a Republican who has served in President George Bush's administration for two years.

The 65-year-old Gates also served as director of the Central Intelligence Agency under Mr. Bush's father, former President George H. W. Bush.
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I just think Gates is a disappointing pick
The poor Military gets no new change

[az chela]

1. gates is a crook.he is in bed with the bush's

Hope Barack changes his mind on that one.gates is a war monger and he has no plans of ending the war

[dflprincess]

5. Gates agress with Obama that the U.S. should get out of Iraq

and escalate in Afghanistan (that worked so well for the Soviet Union).

The policy of endless war will continue, but the focus will change.

[gcomeau]

2. Get a grip...

I just think Gates is a disappointing pick
The poor Military gets no new change

If you don't think Gates with Obama as a boss is going to be a change from Gates with Bush as a boss there's nothing to be done for you.

[SammyWinstonJack]

3. .

:eyes:

[lovuian]

4. Well that is hopeful just I don't understand why Gates has to

be the one there are many others who can fill these shoes

[MannyGoldstein]

6. Gates Has Made The Best Of An Awful Situation

He's caught between an insane war and an insane commander-in-chief. He personally writes to the parents of each KIA - he teared up when he mentioned that. I'm amazed at how much Gates has been able to alter the course of that cursed war, without getting fired.

Gates has learned a lot, and has a lot of functional relationships with the key players. It would be a bad idea to have someone else come up to speed on this now, as we're on our way out.

[alittlelark]

7. Continuity is necessary in a 2 front war.

Guaranteed that his successor is being chosen.