Gates to Services: Shut Up and Back Obama’s Budget Cuts

By: Brian Faughnan (Diary)  |  April 8th at 01:39 PM  | 

They told me that if I voted for McCain, political appointees would ruthlessly strong-arm career government employees, and force them to stay silent when their views deviated from the company line. And they were right! [Gates] said he tried to give the services the “maximum possible opportunity” to share their views during the internal budget negotiations. “The thing that is important is to reinforce within | Read More »

Obama Won’t Rule Out Keeping Bob Gates at the Pentagon

By: Brian Faughnan (Diary)  |  August 5th at 05:44 AM  | 

Roll Call ($) reports that when Barack Obama recently met with House Democrats to coordinate their message for the remainder of the campaign, he was asked by several Members to keep Defense Secretary Bob Gates through the transition, assuming he’s elected: