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Gates To Stay at Pentagon for At Least a Year

Top Stories from CQ — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 17:48:16 +0000

Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates may need to reset the digital time clock that has been ticking down to the moment on Jan. 20 when he planned to leave his job.

Officials: Obama to ask Pentagon chief to stay

msnbc.com: Politics — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 03:41:38 +0000

Seeking experience in wartime, President-elect Barack Obama intends to re-enlist Defense Secretary Robert Gates as head of the Pentagon — if only temporarily — and has chosen a retired Marine general to be White House national security adviser, officials said Tuesday.

Bin Laden driver sent from Gitmo to Yemen

msnbc.com: World news — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 03:23:25 +0000

Osama bin Laden's former driver has been transferred from Guantanamo Bay to Yemen to complete his sentence, the Pentagon said Tuesday.

First Read: Gates likely to remain at Pentagon

msnbc.com: Politics — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 21:59:14 +0000

One source familiar with the selection process tells NBC News that Defense Secretary Robert Gates will remain on the job at the Pentagon for at least a year.

Robert Gates Is Pandering to Obama to Keep His Pentagon Gig

Ray McGovern, Consortium News — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 08:00:01 +0000

Obama needs a defense secretary with the courage to speak out and halt the lunacy of more war, not a yes-man Bush holdover.

Are Pentagon Nerds Developing Packs of Man-Hunting Killer Robots?

admin — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 08:00:01 +0000

A dystopian sci-fi fantasy may soon be coming to fruition on a battlefield near you.

Are Pentagon Nerds Developing Packs of Man-Hunting Killer Robots?

admin — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 08:00:01 +0000

A dystopian sci-fi fantasy may soon be coming to fruition on a battlefield near you.

U.S. admits it held juveniles at Gitmo

admin — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 22:05:54 +0000

The U.S. has revised its count of juveniles ever held at Guantanamo Bay to 12, up from the eight it reported in May to the United Nations, a Pentagon spokesman said Sunday.

Pentagon to brief Obama team on key decisions

admin — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 19:22:24 +0000

The U.S. Defense Department will give President-elect Barack Obama's transition team a rundown of "key decision points" he will face in his first 90 days as commander in chief, a senior official said Thursday.

Sam Nunn joins Obama team

admin — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 12:17:09 +0000

President-elect Obama has hired former Senate Armed Services Committee chairman Sam Nunn to help shepherd his Pentagon transition, a spokeswoman said Tuesday.

Note to Obama: Don’t Keep Robert Gates at Pentagon.

admin — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 17:04:06 +0000

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Adm. Fallon Falls on His Sword Ahead of Troop Reduction Decision For Iraq

admin — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 09:53:25 +0000

The Pentagon on Tuesday announced the abrupt resignation of the commander overseeing the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan who was seen as an internal critic of the Bush administration’s troop decisions in Iraq. The resignation of Navy Adm. William J. Fallon, head of U.S. Central Command, comes at a crucial time — a month before highly [...]

RPI University suspends Artist for- ‘Virtual Jihadi’

admin — Sat, 08 Mar 2008 06:46:28 +0000

The move capped a chain of events — including claims the FBI was eyeing the artist — that began last month when the College Republicans blasted the arts department as “a terrorist safe haven.” The work that provoked that attack is Wafaa Bilal’s “Virtual Jihadi.” It’s the latest piece by a Chicago-based video artist who is [...]