U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates speaks to reporters in the heavily-fortified Green Zone in central Baghdad Dec. 5, 2007. (Xinhua/Reuters Photo)From AP:
Secretary Of Defense Robert Gates is on a roll. Question is, how long will it last?
The politically savvy defense secretary scored big legislative wins when the Senate voted convincingly to end production of the high-priced F-22 jet fighter and killed an aircraft engine project that he says isn't needed.
Gates .... is on a campaign to change the way the Pentagon does business. In his sights are unnecessary or financially troubled weapons that siphon money away from the troops and gear required for irregular wars now being fought in Afghanistan and Iraq.
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My Comment: For a man who was planning to be out of the Pentagon after last years Presidential election .... life has definitely taken a detour for him. He is probably the right man, at the right place, at the right time for the Pentagon and the direction that it must now embark on.
His decisions have made a considerable number of enemies and critics .... but he clearly has the President's ear and support, and he is using this support to radically change how the Pentagon will work and function in the years to come.
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