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2008-12-24T09:00:59-05:00https://ximage.c-spanvideo.org/eyJidWNrZXQiOiJwaWN0dXJlcy5jLXNwYW52aWRlby5vcmciLCJrZXkiOiJGaWxlc1wvOGZmXC8yODMwNDAtMDctbS5qcGciLCJlZGl0cyI6eyJyZXNpemUiOnsiZml0IjoiY292ZXIiLCJoZWlnaHQiOjUwNn19fQ==Charlie Stevenson, author of Secretary of Defense: The Nearly Impossible Job of Secretary of Defense, talked about the Department of Defense and responded to telephone calls and electronic mail. President-Elect Obama asked current Defense Secretary Robert Gates to remain in the position. A video clip of Senate Associate Historian Don Ritchie talking about continutity of personnel between administrations was shown.
This was third in a “Washington Journal” series of segments on President-Elect Obama’s cabinet appointees and the departments they will oversee.
Charlie Stevenson, author of Secretary of Defense: The Nearly Impossible Job of Secretary of Defense, talked about the Department of Defense…
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Charlie Stevenson, author of Secretary of Defense: The Nearly Impossible Job of Secretary of Defense, talked about the Department of Defense and responded to telephone calls and electronic mail. President-Elect Obama asked current Defense Secretary Robert Gates to remain in the position. A video clip of Senate Associate Historian Don Ritchie talking about continutity of personnel between administrations was shown.
This was third in a “Washington Journal” series of segments on President-Elect Obama’s cabinet appointees and the departments they will oversee. close
This was third in a “Washington Journal” series of segments on President-Elect Obama’s cabinet appointees and the departments they will oversee.
Charlie Stevenson, author of Secretary of Defense: The Nearly Impossible Job of Secretary of Defense, talked about the Department of Defense… read more
Charlie Stevenson, author of Secretary of Defense: The Nearly Impossible Job of Secretary of Defense, talked about the Department of Defense and responded to telephone calls and electronic mail. President-Elect Obama asked current Defense Secretary Robert Gates to remain in the position. A video clip of Senate Associate Historian Don Ritchie talking about continutity of personnel between administrations was shown.
This was third in a “Washington Journal” series of segments on President-Elect Obama’s cabinet appointees and the departments they will oversee. close
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