Analysis of the Gates hearings
Defense Secretary nominee Robert Gates (left) talks with current Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman John Warner, R-Va., (center) and Sen. Carl Levin, D-Mich., who will become chairman in January. They spoke Tuesday morning before the committee held confirmation hearings on Gates' nomination.
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