Senate Confirms Gates as Defense Secretary
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The 95-to-2 vote came a day after Robert M. Gates was endorsed by the Senate Armed Services Committee.
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KABUL, Afghanistan -- US Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates arrived in Kabul yesterday for his second visit to the Afghan capital since becoming the Pentagon chief, saying that although he believes progress is being made in the country, he wants to ensure there is no slackening of effort.
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The Senate voted overwhelmingly yesterday to confirm Rep. Porter J. Goss (R-Fla.) as the new head of the CIA, brushing aside complaints from some Democrats that he is too partisan and insufficiently interested in reform to head the embattled agency.
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The Senate Armed Services Committee this morning is holding a confirmation hearing on Robert M. Gates, the former CIA chief and National Security Adviser nominated by President Bush to replace outgoing defense secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld.
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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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Hearings are set to begin in the US Congress on the nomination of former CIA chief Robert Gates to be the new US secretary of defense, replacing the embattled Donald Rumsfeld.
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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 yesterday after Democrats on the panel expressed deep frustration at her answers on Iraq and terrorism in two days of hearings.
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Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates and a senior U.S. commander said yesterday that they favor a protracted U.S. troop presence in Iraq along the lines of the military stabilization force in South Korea.
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A Senate committee unanimously  approved President George W. Bush's choice for defense  secretary on Tuesday after he told the panel the United States  was not winning in Iraq and needed a new approach to end the  carnage and avert a possible region-wide war.
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WASHINGTON The Senate has voted overwhelmingly to confirm the nomination of Representative Porter Goss, a Florida Republican, as director of central intelligence.
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Condoleezza Rice was confirmed as  secretary of state on Wednesday as a majority of senators swept  aside objections from some Democrats that she should be held  accountable for mistakes in the Iraq war.
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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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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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Federal judge Michael Chertoff, who  testified against torture and preached the need to protect  civil liberties, won Senate confirmation on Tuesday to head the  U.S. Homeland Security Department.
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Democratic senators elected Harry Reid of Nevada as their new leader on Tuesday, to succeed Tom Daschle, who was defeated for re-election on Nov. 2 in South Dakota.
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Bloomberg - Dec. 4 (Bloomberg) -- Robert Gates, whose last Senate confirmation hearings turned into a partisan confrontation, is likely to face an easier time this week when the Armed Services Committee takes up his nomination to succeed Donald Rumsfeld as U.S. secretary of defense.
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As Bush's choice for new Secretary of Defense  gets ready to face Senate hearings, he can be sure of one thing: It will be a lot easier than 15 years ago