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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 .
By Warren Olney • • 1 min readAt 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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Warren Olney
former KCRW broadcaster
Vanessa Romo
LA School Report
Dan Konecky
Producer, To the Point
Karen Radziner
Managing Producer, To the Point & Which Way LA?
Lawrence Korb
Center for American Progress Action Fund
Melvin A. Goodman
Senior Fellow at the Center for International Policy
Randy Scheuneman
Foreign policy and national security analyst
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2 of 3Robert Gates Promises 'Fresh Eyes' at the Pentagon- 1:37Russia and UK Dance around Spy-Case Extradition
- 7:39Robert Gates Promises 'Fresh Eyes' at the PentagonYou’re reading this
- 41:32Iraq Study Time's Up