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What to Expect from a Gates Pentagon Former CIA director Robert Gates has been nominated to replace Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, who retired a day after the Democratic sweep of Congress.

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Former CIA director Robert Gates has been nominated to replace Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, who retired a day after the Democratic sweep of Congress.

Washington Post reporter Walter Pincus talks about his profile of Gates, published Thursday, with Alex Chadwick.