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Gates agrees to stay on under Obama Posted on 11/26/2008
Defense Secretary Robert Gates has agreed to stay on under President-elect Barack Obama.
Gates has been negotiating with Obama emissaries over his deputies and how the Pentagon will be run.
The selection of a member of President Bush's inner circle allows Obama to deliver on his promise of a bipartisan Cabinet.
The appointment of Gates has substantial advantages for Obama.
Obama now can keep his pledge of drawing down troops in Iraq with the aid of an architect of the Bush administration's successful troop "surge" strategy.
Announcement Next Week Obama plans to announce a national-security team early next week that includes Gates at the Pentagon and Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-NY, as Secretary of State.
Gen. Jones National Security Adviser Retired Marine Gen. James Jones, former Marine commandant and commander of U.S. and NATO forces in Europe, will be named national security adviser.
The national security adviser heads the National Security Council, which is the part of the White House structure that deals with foreign policy, and varies in influence from presidency to presidency.
Jones insisted on and got a commanding role.
James Steinberg Deputy Secretary of State Democrats familiar with the national-security event early next week said they also expect James Steinberg, who was deputy national security adviser in the Clinton administration, to be named deputy secretary of State.
Susan Rice Ambassador to UN Susan Rice, Obama's senior foreign policy adviser on the campaign will be named U.S. ambassador to the United Nations.
Adm. Blair Director of National Intelligence Retired Adm. Dennis Blair, the former commander-in-chief of the U.S. Pacific Command and a veteran of the NSC, Central Intelligence Agency and Joint Chiefs of Staff, will be named the Director of National Intelligence.
Tom Donilon Deputy NSC Tom Donilon, an assistant secretary of state for public affairs and chief of staff at the U.S. Department of State during the Clinton administration, is a leading candidate to be Jones' deputy at the NSC.
