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Gold9472
12-06-2006, 07:30 PM
Robert Gates confirmed by Senate as new Defense Secretary

http://www.rawstory.com/news/2006/Robert_Gates_confirmed_by_Senate_as_1206.html

Published: Wednesday December 6, 2006

CNN is reporting that Robert Gates has been confirmed by the U.S. Senate and is the new Secretary of Defense for President George W. Bush, replacing Donald Rumsfeld.

The tally was reportedly 95 votes in favor of Gates with 2 opposing.

Senate confirmation of Gates coincides with the release today of the Iraq Study Group's vaunted final report, as RAW STORY reported earlier.

The report concluded that the situation in Iraq is "grave and deteriorating" and that the Bush administration's Iraq policy "is not working."