[geocentrism] next president//
- From: "philip madsen" <pma15027@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <governor@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, "geocentrism list" <geocentrism@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2009 18:42:43 +1000
TV SBS news just told us that if the worst happened tomorrow, that this man
will take over as president.... but of course the security will not let that be
possible. Are they planning it?
Philip.
Robert Michael Gates (born September 25, 1943) is currently serving as the 22nd
United States Secretary of Defense. He took office on December 18, 2006.[1]
Prior to this, Gates served for 26 years in the Central Intelligence Agency and
the National Security Council, and under President George H. W. Bush as
Director of Central Intelligence. Before he joined the CIA, he served with the
United States Air Force (USAF).[2] After leaving the CIA, Gates became
president of Texas A&M University and was a member of several corporate boards.
Gates also served as a member of the Iraq Study Group, the bipartisan
commission co-chaired by James A. Baker III and Lee Hamilton, that has studied
the Iraq War. He was also the first pick to serve as Secretary of the
Department of Homeland Security when it was created following the September 11,
2001 attacks, but he declined the appointment in order to remain President of
Texas A&M University.[3]
Gates accepted the nomination as Secretary of Defense position on November 8,
2006, replacing Donald Rumsfeld. He was confirmed with bipartisan support.[4]
In a 2007 profile written by former National Security Adviser Zbigniew
Brzezinski, Time named Gates one of the year's most influential people.[4] In
2008, Gates was named one of America's Best Leaders by U.S. News & World
Report.[5] He will remain Secretary of Defense in President-elect Barack
Obama's cabinet
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