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Robert Gates to be named Secretary of Defense
Perdogg
Posted on 11/08/2006 9:58:53 AM PST by Perdogg
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To: Perdogg
Robert M. Gates, Director of Central Intelligence, 1991-1993.
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. He has currently been nominated to replace Donald Rumsfeld as Secretary of Defense in November 2006.
More at wikipedia
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posted on
11/08/2006 10:06:00 AM PST
by
TomGuy
To: Howlin
I'm with ya, FRiend.
Stay cool and keep watch.
42
posted on
11/08/2006 10:06:06 AM PST
by
RandallFlagg
(I have ALL of my magnetic bumper stickers available to FRiends for use -CLICK MY NAME!!)
To: Perdogg
he's the only one Bush 41 could find to take it.
To: Perdogg
What's done is done. Gates deserves our support.
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posted on
11/08/2006 10:06:14 AM PST
by
dfwgator
To: Texaggie79
Yeah...WHOOOOOP!
Class of '92
To: Keith in Iowa
From the CIA and one of Bush the Elder's friends
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posted on
11/08/2006 10:06:17 AM PST
by
SUSSA
To: rabidralph
LOL...sean penn.......thanks for the first laugh thru my tears.
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posted on
11/08/2006 10:06:27 AM PST
by
OldFriend
(Run and Hide, Tax and Spend for the next two years. Everyone happy?)
To: MinnesotaLibertarian
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. Exactly. This just compounds the appearance of incompetence, failure and defeat. I am sick to my stomach. What are they thinking? If now, then why not back then? Unbelievable!
To: Brilliant
Rumsfeld needs to write his memoires.He'd better hurry, before Wikepedia does it for him.
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posted on
11/08/2006 10:06:38 AM PST
by
kevao
To: Howlin
He just mention Baker's report
I'm going to be sick
50
posted on
11/08/2006 10:06:47 AM PST
by
Mo1
(Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi is 2 heart beats away from the Presidency)
To: adorno
wow the President is showing his backbone.....vetos..yeah right...
I wonder when He will resign..after all we need to work with the Democrats
To: STARWISE
I remember this guy. He's a wuss.
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posted on
11/08/2006 10:07:21 AM PST
by
RexBeach
("Important principles may, and must be, inflexible." -Abraham Lincoln)
To: Perdogg
Still has to be confirmed by F.A.G. though...
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posted on
11/08/2006 10:07:27 AM PST
by
The Iceman Cometh
(Democrats In Control! (Where's my friggin' free stuff?))
To: Perdogg
You know, Bush has screwed the pooch again. I don't want an intelligence weanie to be the Sec Def. I want a fighter, someone who knows the DoD inside out, who can make things happen, who can fight a war and not mince words. That is the antithesis of what a political intelligence officer does for a living.
General Schwartzkopf has been retired for more than 10 years - Bush should've nominated him.
To: Texaggie79
Thanks for your vote of confidence in Gates. The bashers are out in force, with little or no knowledge of the man.
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posted on
11/08/2006 10:07:51 AM PST
by
OldFriend
(Run and Hide, Tax and Spend for the next two years. Everyone happy?)
To: Perdogg
He is on the cover of Texas Monthly this month - can he save A&M.
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posted on
11/08/2006 10:08:05 AM PST
by
mathluv
(Never Forget!)
To: Perdogg
Surprising timing...don't quite get it. I think it was overdue, really.
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posted on
11/08/2006 10:08:24 AM PST
by
Huck
(TODAY ONLY--Half Price on all VANITY POSTS>>>GET EM WHILE THEY'RE HOT!)
To: MinnesotaLibertarian
Regrettably I was thinking the same.
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posted on
11/08/2006 10:08:30 AM PST
by
Perdogg
(Democratic Party - The political wing of Al Qaida)
To: Howlin
Assuming the Dims confirm him, which I doubt. Watch them demand that President Bush name Les Aspin or William Cohen.
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posted on
11/08/2006 10:08:35 AM PST
by
CFC__VRWC
(AIDS, abortion, euthanasia - Don't liberals just kill ya?)
To: Ancesthntr
Oh yes, Schwartzkoff admitted being snookered by a defeated Saddam Hussein.
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posted on
11/08/2006 10:09:19 AM PST
by
OldFriend
(Run and Hide, Tax and Spend for the next two years. Everyone happy?)
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