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8 months ago

in Another Year’s Worth Of Gates? on The Washington Independent
Don't have time to flesh out a complete thought, but just a reminder: there's more to the SecDef job than Iraq. Importance of Iraq? Can't be overstated - however, Gates has made some noise in favor of some things that coincide with a more progressive agenda, such as saying the US military can't be used indefinitely as the only policy tool for combating terrorism, we have to have diplomacy come before military action and use traditional law enforcement techniques. The guy seems competent, as long as he's taking and following orders from a President Obama, I'm okay with him staying on.
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