Gates Replacing Bush's DoD Appointees

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Gates Replacing Bush's DoD Appointees
December 09, 2008
Associated Press

WASHINGTON - Defense Secretary Robert Gates is moving to replace virtually all of the top political appointees at the Pentagon, and a number of centrist Democrats are expected to take their places.

Officials familiar with Gates' thinking say he is planning to keep on only a few of his closest personal aides - no more than a dozen or so. But the Defense Department's plum jobs - secretaries of the Army, Navy and Air Force, along with dozens of deputy and undersecretary positions, will be up for grabs.

Those slots will be filled by Democratic stalwarts, with some announcements expected as early as this week. Among the names circulating as top defense officials are Obama transition team co-chairwoman Michele Flournoy - possibly for policy undersecretary; Raytheon executive Bill Lynn, and former Clinton administration Navy Secretary Richard Danzig.

Other prospects being mentioned for the service secretary positions include former Air Force Secretary Whit Peters; retired Marine Corps Gen. Arnold L. Punaro, who recently chaired a commission on the National Guard and Reserves, and Kurt Campbell, a former senior policy adviser at the Pentagon.

A link between several of the potential appointees is their involvement in the Washington-based Center for a New American Security, which advocates a centrist national security strategy. Flournoy and Campbell founded the organization.


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[Laelth]

1. Excellent. n/t

The United States is a LIBERAL Country.

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-Laelth