Robert Gates, U.S. Secretary Of DefenseFrom Time Magazine:
Conventional wisdom in Washington holds that President-elect Barack Obama will soon invite current Defense Secretary Robert Gates to extend his stay in the Pentagon. Conventional it may be, but not necessarily wise, says Lawrence Korb, who served as a senior Pentagon official in the Reagan Administration and is currently a defense expert at the Center for American Progress. "It has more minuses than pluses," says Korb of the idea of keeping Gates in place. "If President Obama wants to make any dramatic changes in the Pentagon, he's going to have to do them in his first year — and if he's got the same secretary, how can Obama do it?"
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My Comment: As the new President, you have the mandate to install the people who are in agreement with your policies and objectives. Robert Gates has numerous differences with President-elect Obama .... this includes issues like Nuclear Forces, Missile Defense, and the conditions necessary for a U.S. departure of Iraq.
If Robert Gates is going to stay, it will only be for a few months .... and only until the transition team is in place.
