Posted on 11/08/2006 9:58:53 AM PST by Perdogg
Per AP
Who?
Is he an ASecDef?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Gates
That was fast.
Dr. Robert Michael Gates (born September 25, 1943) is the 22nd and current United States Secretary of Defense. His term of office began Novermber 8th, 2006 under President George W. Bush. Previous to that office, he served as Director of Central Intelligence from November 6, 1991 until January 20, 1993, capping a 26-year career in the CIA and the National Security Council. Immediately before being named as Secretary of Defense, he was the President of Texas A&M University and the National President of the National Eagle Scout Association. He and his wife Becky have two children.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Gates
Dr. Robert Michael Gates (born September 25, 1943) is the 22nd and current United States Secretary of Defense. His term of office began Novermber 8th, 2006 under President George W. Bush. Previous to that office, he served as Director of Central Intelligence from November 6, 1991 until January 20, 1993, capping a 26-year career in the CIA and the National Security Council. Immediately before being named as Secretary of Defense, he was the President of Texas A&M University and the National President of the National Eagle Scout Association. He and his wife Becky have two children.
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wiki has him appointed and confirmed already!
Wikepedia is already calling gates the "22nd secretary of defense" and is already calling rumsfeld the "former".
Rumsfeld needs to write his memoires.
Interesting first quote.
That's very sad....he will be missed and all the nasties will be very happy.
Rummy is great.
who the hell is he??
Former CIA head; Bush 41.
With the new Congress, I think they will accept nothing less than Sean Penn for SecDef.
HAHAHAH GiG EM!!!!
The Neo Isolationist "Realists" are back from Bush 1. Perpare to surrender the War on Islamic Facisim.
I must say...if Rumsfeld was going to go anyway, why couldn't it have been BEFORE the election? That might've made a difference.
It was obviously pre-planned. I'm surprised it did not leak, considering that Gates is former CIA.
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