Senate votes to confirm Gates for Pentagon
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The U.S. Senate on Wednesday overwhelmingly confirmed Robert Gates as the next defense secretary, replacing Donald Rumsfeld, an architect of the unpopular Iraq war.
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The US Senate has confirmed President George W. Bush's nomination of former US spy chief John Negroponte as deputy secretary of state.
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As secretary of Defense, Robert Gates may be able to shape a bipartisan approach on Iraq and the war on terror.
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The Senate on Wednesday overwhelmingly approved a massive reorganization of the United States intelligence community to address the Sept. 11 commission's complaints that the nation's spy agencies don't work together properly to deter terrorist attacks
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President Bush's nomination of Robert Gates as defense secretary headed to the full Senate Wednesday for approval, a day after it sailed through the Armed Services Committee.
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The US Senate confirms Robert Gates as the next defence secretary, replacing Donald Rumsfeld.
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Former CIA Director Robert Gates was officially sworn in as U.S. secretary of defense on Monday, replacing embattled Pentagon chief Donald Rumsfeld, who was under fire for his handling of the Iraq war.
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In what senators from both parties called a potential turning point for US intelligence agencies, the Senate voted overwhelmingly on Wednesday afternoon to confirm Rep. Porter Goss, R-Fla.
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A US Senate panel is set to discuss the nomination of Robert Gates as the country's new defence secretary.
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The Senate Foreign Relations Committee approved the confirmation of outgoing national security adviser Condoleezza Rice as US secretary of state.
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The Senate on Wednesday overwhelmingly approved a massive reorganization of the United States intelligence community to address the Sept.
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Robert Gates, President George W. Bush's choice to take over the Pentagon as the Iraq war grinds on, goes before the Senate Armed Services Committee on Tuesday for what is expected to be quick hearing before likely Senate confirmation later 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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The 16-to-2 vote by the panel cleared the way for Condoleezza Rice to be confirmed by the full Senate.
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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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To little notice, the Defense secretaryÂ  has gotten his way on Iraq, and possibly on Iran. Now, Gates is about to appoint a former top Clinton official to prove he means business.
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The Senate vote, 89 to 2, ended a debate that began last summer with the release of the final report of the 9/11 panel.