Posted on 11/25/2008 1:08:34 PM PST by Free ThinkerNY
Sources tell ABC News that Defense Secretary Robert Gates will be staying on in the top Pentagon job, for at least the first year of the Obama administration. "It is a done deal," a source close to the process tells ABC News.
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.
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This is good because the Dems haven’t had a defense expert in their midst for at least 20 years.
So much for “change”. So far he has hired mostly Clinton’s and Bush’s administration personnel.
So much for “change.”
At least we can take comfort in knowing that the moonbats who were so overjoyed at Obama’s election are now in distress that their Messiah is retaining the man who ran the Bushitler’s war crimes to make money for Haliburton.
This is only temporary. Obama plans to replace Gates in early 2010 at the latest.
Something is happening of historic proportions
ID Obama | 14 NOV 2008 | ID Obama
Posted on 11/27/2008 7:16:07 PM PST by BCW
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2139386/posts
Obama calls on his Internet campaign army to march again
McClatchy Washington Bureau | Nov. 20, 2008 | Frank Greve
Posted on 11/23/2008 11:18:41 PM PST by Hetty_Fauxvert
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2137310/posts
U.S. in four years might look a lot different
The Winter Haven News Chief | November 23, 2008 | Royal A. Brown III
Posted on 11/23/2008 10:44:51 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2137303/posts
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