November 4, 2009

Gates is key part of Obama's inner circle

Posted: 12:23 PM ET

American Morning - amFIX
Filed under: The Presidential Brain Trust

A bipartisan Cabinet. It was one of President Obama's campaign promises.

And he kept his word when he announced President Bush's defense secretary, Robert Gates, would stay on the job at the Pentagon.

In part three of our series, "The Presidential Brain Trust," Barbara Starr has a look at Gates' relationship with the commander-in-chief.

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November 11th, 2009 1:13 pm ET

[...] week in an interview with CNN, Defense Secretary Robert Gates was shown on video to say the following regarding his advisory role [...]

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