Who is the new Secretary of Defence?
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If confirmed by The Senate...it will be Bob Gates.\n\nEx CIA Director\n\nWho ever gave me the thumbs down...I don't get it. If you do some research, you will see I am correct about Gates being CIA director under Bush Sr.
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Someone with a military background with a proven track record.  Someone who has a good diplomacy.  They need to give this person full authority of all defense matters and not interfere.  Schwartzkophf?
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The Majority Leader of the Senate is Bill Frist, the Secretary of State is Condoleezza Rice, the Secretary of the Treasury is John Snow, the Secretary of Defense is Donald Rumsfeld, the Attorney General is Alberto Gonzales, the Secretary of the Interior is Gale Norton, the Secretary of Agriculture is Mike Johanns, the Secretary of is Commerce Carlos Gutierrez, the Secretary of Labor Elaine Chao, the Secretary of Health and Human Services is Mike Leavitt, the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development is Alphonso Jackson, the Secretary of Transportation is Norman Mineta, the Secretary of Energy is Samuel W. Bodman, the Secretary of Education is Margaret Spellings, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs is James Nicholson, and the Secretary of Homeland Security is Michael Chertoff.
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Nobody has officially announced yet (at least, nobody of significance).  Check Politics1 for possible candidates.
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This is currently a very open question - it is virtually impossible to make even just a good guess. \nNames that are being mentioned are Minister Mosiuoa Patrick ("Terror") Lekota or the Finance Minister, Trevor Manuel. But it may very well be someone else.
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Come again?\n\nDo you mean Rumsfeld's replacement?
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It's either gotta be Merkel or Nursultan Nazarbayev (sp?), b/c they've got ballllzzzzzzzz. :)
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Steve L is correct. Supplied by Thales, the Warriors will have new STAG (Surveillance, Targeting, Acquisition and Gunnery) gunner's sights implemented over the coming two years.\n\nThe sight offers a choice of capability ranging from the unstabilised version to single or dual axis stabilisation. \n\nIt also includes a second generation thermal imager, the Battle Group Thermal Imaging (BGTI) programme, and eyesafe laser rangefinder.
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*Pondering* Try running a google search for the most info, but short answer is...\n\nA popular Defence Minister in India who resigned because of scandal...
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It should be held by someone who knows about defence and has the respect of his or her Department. The Secretary of Defence must have the President's confidence. It would be a conflict of interest for someone serving in the military to serve in the position in any case. He or she would have to leave the military.\n\nFor this reason statute law provides the secretary must be a civilian who has not served in the active component of the armed forces for at least 10 years (10 USC Sec. 113).
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Article from Reuters:\n\nMcClaren ready as Sven successor\nWed 03 May, 3:13 AM\n\nLONDON (Reuters) - After a week of being portrayed as bumbling incompetents, Football Association officials are expected to appoint Steve McClaren as the next England manager on Thursday. \n\nThe FA's abortive attempt to hire 2002 World Cup winner Luiz Felipe Scolari has led to a media savaging of English football's ruling body and its chief executive Brian Barwick. \n\nAlthough four candidates are in the running -- McClaren faces competition from fellow Englishmen Sam Allardyce and Alan Curbishley, plus Northern Ireland's Martin O'Neill -- the clear favourite is the Middlesbrough manager. \n\nThe promotion of McClaren, currently coach Sven-Goran Eriksson's assistant, is expected to be agreed on Thursday by a meeting of the FA Board, who will be glad to bring an end to a national debate that has turned spectacularly sour. \n\nScolari, with his outstanding track record, strong will and tactical shrewdness, would have blown a fresh breeze through the England set-up when Eriksson leaves after the World Cup. \n\nHowever, the Brazilian, whose contract with Portugal expires after the finals in Germany, needed only a few days of scrutiny by the British press to realise this was not the job for him. \n\nA part of the England set-up for several years, McClaren will insure a continuity of approach and a minimum of disruption. \n\nTROPHY TRIUMPH \n\nHe is the only one of the English trio to have won a trophy, when Boro beat Allardyce's Bolton Wanderers in the 2004 League Cup final, and his team's remarkable run to next week's UEFA Cup final against Sevilla is praiseworthy. \n\nAllardyce, whose Bolton side have consistently punched above their weight in the Premier League, has not given up the fight. \n\n"I am more than keen - it is my dream job," he told the British media last weekend. "I am in with a shout and I am hopeful. \n\n"I am an Englishman and I am passionate. I am very good at what I do and I believe I would be very good at doing the England job, particularly at this stage of my life." \n\nCurbishley has announced his departure from Charlton Athletic, though he has stressed it had nothing to do with the England job. \n\nO'Neill is a proven winner as a player, notably lifting the European Cup with Nottingham Forest, and as a manager, winning the League Cup twice with Leicester City before securing a string of trophies with Celtic north of the border. \n\nHe has been out of the game since last year to care for his wife, who is ill, and the England job would clearly give him more flexibility than the daily grind of club coaching.
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Although I highly doubt that he will leave of his own will, if he did leave I think it would leave a big slot to fill for whomever stepped into it. He's made such a mess of things with the military. It would be great if he left, one way or the other, but it would be intersting to see who would step in to his place. Anyone with prior military experience I think would be better for the job.
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Rummy should have been replaced at least two years ago.  I don't hate Rumsfeld.  I think he'd be a great grandfather, but he wasn't a good secretary of defense.
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Shri Pranab Mukherjee is the present honourable Defence Minister of India.
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she is going to say "mr.president america has spoken and it is time for you to listen to what america wants and it's time to listen to your generals in the military...time to appoint a new secretary of defense for starters"
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That person is in charge of advising the president of military matters that need to be addressed in both peacetime and war time.\n\nDuring the Bush 1 administration Colin Powell was Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.  He played a critical role during the first gulf war.   Both Mr.  Powell and General Norman Schwartzkoff worked closely together as military strategists to win that war.   Unfortunately, President Bush Sr was a total schmuck and ended it before the job was complete.
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U.S. Secretary of State is Condolezza Rice. The U.S. Attorney General is Alberto Gonzales.