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To: Travis_Bickle who wrote (86971)	11/8/2006 3:13:37 PM
From: 10K a day	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 361428

Stay the course!

To: Travis_Bickle who wrote (86971)	11/8/2006 3:14:22 PM
From: Rock_nj	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 361428

What are Robert Gates' credentials to be Defense Secretary? Can't they put an ex-military man in the spot who understands how the organization actually works.

To: Travis_Bickle who wrote (86971)	11/8/2006 3:19:03 PM
From: zonkie	Respond to of 361428

History will be no kinder to rumsfeld than it is going to be to junior. Here is an excerpt from Wikipedia about his replacement. _______________ "Gates left the CIA in 1974 to serve on the National Security Council staff but returned to the CIA in late 1979. He was named the Director of the DCI/DDCI Executive Staff in 1981, Deputy Director for Intelligence in 1982, and Deputy Director of Central Intelligence from April 18, 1986, to March 20, 1989. He was nominated to become the Director of Central Intelligence in early 1987, but withdrew the nomination after it became clear the Senate would reject it due to controversy[3] about his role in the Iran-Contra affair. Senate members later queried the nomination for the additional reason that Gates allegedly passed intelligence to Iraq during the Iran-Iraq war." en.wikipedia.org