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Dr. Robert Gates speaks to the media in the Oval Office Nov. 8, 2006. With more than 25 years of national security experience, Dr. Gates was announced as President Bush's intended successor to Donald Rumsfeld as Secretary of Defense.

DEFENSE SECRETARY NOMINEE

Dr. Robert Gates speaks to the media in the Oval Office Nov. 8, 2006. With more than 25 years of national security experience, Dr. Gates was announced as President Bush's intended successor to Donald Rumsfeld as Secretary of Defense.

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