Foreign policy and national security analyst
Foreign policy and national security analyst based in Washington, DC; former advisor to Donald Rumsfeld in 2001 on Iraq policy
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Randy Scheuneman
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FROM Randy Scheuneman
To the Point
Robert Gates Promises 'Fresh Eyes' at the Pentagon At his Senate confirmation hearing today to replace Donald Rumsfeld , former CIA Director Robert Gates was asked a crucial question by Democrat Carl Levin of Michigan, whether America was winning the war in Iraq. Answering "no," he said there will be no easy answers if he's confirmed as Secretary of Defense . It's expected that Gates will be confirmed, but he's still controversial. Does he have the background to run the world's most sophisticated military establishment? Will he "speak truth to power," or tell the President what he wants to hear?
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