The new Secretary of Defense

Rumsfeld has resigned and Bush has named Robert Gates to take his place.

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Gates, a former CIA chief, was a member of the Iraq Study Group, a bipartisan panel that is making recommendations to Bush on how to proceed in Iraq.

Gates traveled with the panel to Iraq earlier this year, an experience, Bush said, that will enable Gates to "provide the department with a fresh perspective and new ideas on how America can achieve our goals in Iraq."

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Robert Gates has done a pretty good job at Texas A&M. (The campus is about 30 miles from my house.) A&M has a strong military tradition. It sent more lieutenants to World War II than any other school. While it is no longer mandatory to be a member of the Corps of Cadets, they still make up an important part of the student body. A&M also houses the Bush 41 presidential library and it hosts numerous events on current affairs about the hotspots around the world.

I think he will do fine, if the opponents of the war do not decide to make him a piniata, like they did Rumsfeld.

He has already had one of the toughest jobs in the country--trying to find a winning football coach for Texas A&M.

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