Obama Team Tilts Toward Gates

But Gates continued to build his network of friends and admirers in the Washington insider community. He also jumped when he had a chance to get back on the Washington stage, first as a member of the Iraq Study Group in 2006 and then as Bush’s new Defense Secretary.

Gates now has high hopes that his many influential friends will assure him a place in the new Obama administration.

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