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Soft-spoken but tough-minded, Mr. Gates, 63
1- He has been privately critical of the administration’s failure to execute its military and political plans for Iraq
2- spent the last six months quietly debating new approaches to the war, as a member of the Iraq Study Group run by James A. Baker III and Lee H. Hamilton.
3- Mr. Bush made clear on Wednesday that he regarded his nominee as someone who would bring new perspective to the final two years of his tenure.
4- he has publicly questioned the administration’s approach to Iran
5- “Because so many of America’s sons and daughters in our armed forces are in harm’s way, I did not hesitate when the President asked me to return to duty,” Mr. Gates said at the White House ceremony on Wednesday.
6- “One of our recommendations is that the U.S. government lift its ban in terms of nongovernmental organizations being able to operate in Iran,” Mr. Gates said. “Greater interaction between Iranians and the rest of the world,” he said, “sets the stage for the kind of internal change that we all hope will happen there.”
1- He has been privately critical of the administration’s failure to execute its military and political plans for Iraq
2- spent the last six months quietly debating new approaches to the war, as a member of the Iraq Study Group run by James A. Baker III and Lee H. Hamilton.
3- Mr. Bush made clear on Wednesday that he regarded his nominee as someone who would bring new perspective to the final two years of his tenure.
4- he has publicly questioned the administration’s approach to Iran
5- “Because so many of America’s sons and daughters in our armed forces are in harm’s way, I did not hesitate when the President asked me to return to duty,” Mr. Gates said at the White House ceremony on Wednesday.
6- “One of our recommendations is that the U.S. government lift its ban in terms of nongovernmental organizations being able to operate in Iran,” Mr. Gates said. “Greater interaction between Iranians and the rest of the world,” he said, “sets the stage for the kind of internal change that we all hope will happen there.”
