The Analyst Cometh

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Author(s)	Fred Kaplan
Source	Slate
Date	November 8, 2006
URL	http://www.suntimes.com/news/novak/130376,cst-nws-novakrum09.article
Quote	"Gates is more the get-along scholar—professional, fastidious, and nonpartisan. If George W. Bush was looking for an utterly uncontroversial figure to calm nerves, settle bureaucratic hostilities, and re-establish credibility on Capitol Hill, he could have found no one more suitable than Robert Gates."

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This item argues for the position Gates was a good choice on the topic Nomination of Robert Gates as U.S. Secretary of Defense.