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Let's take a hard look at Bob Gates

POSTED BY: DAYVE
UPDATED: Thursday, November 9, 2006 11:36
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Thursday, November 9, 2006 11:36 AM

DAYVE


It was past time for Rumsfeld to resign or be fired, no doubt, but there needs to be some serious discussion about the man chosen to replace him. I refer you to truthout.org.


The Secret World of Robert Gates
By Robert Parry
Consortium News

Thursday 09 November 2006

Robert Gates, George W. Bush's choice to replace Donald Rumsfeld as Defense Secretary, is a trusted figure within the Bush Family's inner circle, but there are lingering questions about whether Gates is a trustworthy public official.

The 63-year-old Gates has long faced accusations of collaborating with Islamic extremists in Iran, arming Saddam Hussein's dictatorship in Iraq, and politicizing U.S. intelligence to conform with the desires of policymakers - three key areas that relate to his future job.

Gates skated past some of these controversies during his 1991 confirmation hearings to be CIA director - and the current Bush administration is seeking to slip Gates through the congressional approval process again, this time by pressing for a quick confirmation by the end of the year, before the new Democratic-controlled Senate is seated.

If Bush's timetable is met, there will be no time for a serious investigation into Gates's past.



The complete story here:
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/110906A.shtml

Could we be trading one mistake for another?
(also, he's an Aggie for crying out loud)


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