I'll watch the hearings when I get home but he's not exactly making me comfortable. It's hard enough to overlook the fact that he's replacing Rummy but if he's going to start providing headlines for the MSM like that, I really can't support him.
He clarified his answer in the afternoon session. He said he agreed with the exact words of General Pace, who has said we are not winning or losing right now, in his view. Gates added that our military has not lost a single battle in the Iraq War.
So he AND General Pace are defining winning and losing the way the President does, and that is MORE than winning military engagements. An Iraq that can govern itself, defend itself and sustain itself, and is an ally in the WOT.
In my post I explained why I believe the President chose Gates. I support the President's choice as long as he carries out the President's policies, and I take the President at his word that he wants to achieve his goals in Iraq and will not settle for less.