AP Exclusive: Gates to stay at Pentagon this year

[onehandle]

Source: AP

WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama's most prominent holdover from the Bush administration — Defense Secretary Robert Gates — is staying on for at least another year.

Pentagon spokesman Geoff Morrell told The Associated Press late Thursday that Gates and Obama agreed last month that Gates would stay on as Pentagon chief. The commitment is open-ended, but would be for at least the rest of 2010.

Obama asked Gates to stay on shortly after Obama won the 2008 presidential election. The move was meant to maintain stability in a time of two wars, and made good on an Obama promise to include Republicans among his close advisers.

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crap. Crap. CRAP!

Wes Clark! Obama, General Wesley Clark is your man!

crap.

[Rage for Order]

1. My pockets are overflowing with all the change coming from the administration

:shrug:

[brooklynite]

8. Who would you substitute?

Bearing in mind, that the Secretary of Defense doesn't have the ability to override policies of the President.

[harkadog]

11. Apparently Obama feels there is no qualified Democrat

Why not fill up his whole administration with Republicans since they "don't have the ability to override the policies of the President." How delusional.

[Rage for Order]

15. Wes Clark is a possibility

Richard Clarke is another. Certainly I could come up with others without much effort.

The remnants of the Bush administration need to be removed from positions of power.

[johnfunk]

18. I'd rather see Clarke as Director of National Intelligence -- with his first job...

... the integration of most personnel at the other civilian intel agencies (such as the NCTC) into the CIA (keeping in mind that many personnel on the domestic side of those agencies should be with Justice).

Clarke is one of the last honest spies.

[Rage for Order]

19. I agree

Richard Clarke's name just came to the top of my head. Certainly I could come up with some other military types I'd prefer as Sec Def if I took a little time to think about it.

[jefferson_dem]

2. I'm cool with this.

Gates seems a competent, civil servant and a shake-up at the Pentagon would look a bit dodgy right about now.

[tabatha]

4. +10

[onehandle]

5. That's why I'm not surprised.

Not happy with it, though. There will be other years.

[defendandprotect]

7. Gates played a primary role in the "October Surprise" . . . !!!!

[EFerrari]

12. Gates is a career Bush fixer. n/t

[defendandprotect]

16. Should we tell Obama . . . ????

:evilgrin:

[msongs]

3. thank gosh nobody from goldman sachs is running any financial agencies lol nt

[madrchsod]

6. which means this is`t going to slow down?

http://costofwar.com/

[defendandprotect]

9. Which means the GOP is still controlling the Pentagon . ..

[EFerrari]

13. And CIA is more powerful than is safe. n/t

[defendandprotect]

14. Would be interesting to see that 1940s act which put them in power overturned . . .

All we need is a real Democratic Party to do it -- !!!

:evilgrin:

[pjt7]

10. Pathetic that are armed forces is run by ex-CIA

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[PSzymeczek]

17. Yes!!

Yes!! Wes!!

[camera obscura]

20. Halfway down the page, really?

This is big news.