U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates wrote an article in Foreign Affairs spelling out an agenda for the next Pentagon chief. That will be him, so readers will be able to judge how he does. Getty ImagesFrom St. Petersburg Times:
It is unusual for an incoming Cabinet officer to spell out a precise agenda or to define the standards by which his performance should be judged before the president has even been sworn in. But that's exactly what now-and-future Defense Secretary Robert Gates has just done with an article in the new issue of Foreign Affairs.
Gates probably didn't set out to do that when he wrote the article, which was based on a speech he delivered at the National Defense University in September, before the election had taken place.
Yet the article, titled "A Balanced Strategy: Reprogramming the Pentagon for a New Age," urges his successor at the Pentagon to take particular actions. Now that he's turned out to be his successor, we can watch how closely he follows his advice.
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My Comment: An interesting article. I do not share it's viewpoint on former Defense Secretary Rumsfeld, but this analysis will be an interesting bench point to see what Robert Gates will be able to accomplish during his term.
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