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| US Senate confirms Gates as defense secretary |
| 2006-12-07 |
| The Senate voted overwhelmingly Wednesday to confirm Robert Gates as defense secretary, with members of both parties strongly backing him as the man who will replace Donald H. Rumsfeld and help overhaul President George W. Bush's war policies in Iraq. The 95-2 vote to approve Gates, coupled with Wednesdsay's release of an independent study lambasting Bush's approach to the costly conflict, added pressure on the president to rethink US strategy in Iraq. Gates said this week that he does not think the United States is winning that war and conceded that all options to overhaul the administration's approach must remain on the table. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #3 Gates should have been asked tough questions by both sides. |
| Posted by: 3dc 2006-12-07 16:35 |
| #2 Nope. No axe-grinding purely partisan-whoring Fuck America, We Want the POWER! here. |
| Posted by: .com 2006-12-07 14:19 |
| #1 Gates' swift approval contrasted with his experience 15 years ago when he was picked to head the CIA. In 1991, 31 Democrats voted against confirming Gates, citing charges he had pressured intelligence analysts to develop conclusions that fit President Reagan's policies and turned a blind eye to the Iran-Contra scandal — when arms were sold to the Iranians and the cash used to supply the Nicaraguan Contra rebels. But now...HE'S SEEN THE LIGHT!!! Welcome! Welcome, Brother Gates!! |
| Posted by: tu3031 2006-12-07 14:14 |