Obama to Keep Bush's Secretary of "Defense"

usatoday.com — President-elect Barack Obama announced Monday that Robert Gates would remain as defense secretary, making President Bush's Pentagon chief his own as he seeks to wind down the U.S. role in Iraq. Obama picked former campaign rival Hillary Clinton as secretary of state.At a news conference, Obama also introduced retired Marine Gen. James Jones... Dec 1, 2008 View in Crawl 4