Senate committee approves Gates for Pentagon
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A U.S. Senate panel unanimously  recommended on Tuesday approval of the nomination of Robert  Gates, President George W. Bush's nominee to be defense  secretary.
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The Senate overwhelmingly approved Robert M. Gates yesterday as the new defense secretary to replace Donald H. Rumsfeld, sealing a swift confirmation with a vote of 95 to 2 that reflected bipartisan confidence in   his willingness to overhaul U.S. strategy in Iraq.
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This is the text of testimony that Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates gave today before the Senate's Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions.
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In trying to shake things up just a little at the Pentagon, Defense  Secretary Bob Gates took one ordinary -- and one extraordinary --step this week
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Robert Gates, the incoming U.S. secretary of defense, won plaudits in Washington this week for his candor on the Iraq war.
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Condoleezza Rice was confirmed as U.S. secretary of state on Wednesday as a large majority of senators swept aside objections from some Democrats who said she should be held accountable for mistakes in the Iraq war.
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Quotes from Senate confirmation hearings Tuesday on the nomination of Robert Gates, former CIA director, to be secretary of Defense.
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The Senate Foreign Relations Committee endorsed the nomination of Condoleezza Rice as secretary of state on a 16 to 2 vote Wednesday after Democrats on the panel expressed deep frustration at her answers on Iraq and terrorism in two days of hearings.
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Defying President George W. Bush, a   U.S. Senate committee on Thursday approved legislation setting   up trials for foreign terrorism suspects that Bush says could   compromise the war on terrorism.
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The U.S. Senate on Wednesday backed  a Democratic-sponsored measure that would give new labor  protections to airport screeners while seeking to address White  House concerns that federal authorities have flexibility to  respond to security threats.
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Robert Howard told a U.S. Senate committee last week that the VA is in the process of installing encryption software on all its laptops during confirmation hearings on his appointment to assistant secretary for information and technology of the agency.
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A U.S. Senate panel on Thursday approved the nomination of John Negroponte, the outgoing director of national intelligence, to become deputy secretary of state, sending the nomination to the full Senate.
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Bush's nominee for Defense Secretary gave senators some straight talk they've been desperate for. And the Armed Services committee rewarded him with a unanimous vote of approval
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Robert Gates, nominated to replace Donald Rumsfeld as U.S. defense secretary, on Tuesday said he did not believe America was winning the war in Iraq and that he would consider all options for changing course.
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The White House has approved a fiscal 2008 budget request of $468.9 billion for the Pentagon, $4.7 billion more than expected last year, according to a memorandum obtained by Reuters.
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The Senate voted overwhelmingly to confirm Robert M. Gates as defense secretary in a 95-to-2 vote.
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The U.S. Senate on Wednesday  approved an overhaul of U.S. spy agencies that would establish  a new powerful national intelligence director post in response  to the Sept. 11 commission report that cited major failures  leading to the attacks.