Hey, I like Robert Gates. I've said that for quite some time.Reporting from Tallinn, Estonia -- In his first public comments since the election of Barack Obama, Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates today declined to say whether he had been in touch with the president-elect's transition team about staying on as Pentagon chief in an Obama administration.
... "I have nothing new to say on that subject," Gates said with a wry grin.
During the presidential election, Pentagon officials and advisors to Obama floated the idea that Gates could be asked to stay.
Robert Gates is a good guy especially when compared to the others in the Bush administration. He's been a fairly straight-shooter on Iraq and would go along with our withdrawal, but I'd be surprised if Obama kept him around.
Could be a lot worse though.
