...if Obama really wants to make a clean break from his predecessor, he should start by retaining George W. Bush's Secretary of Defense [Robert Gates].
A press release from The Office of the President-Elect said:
President-elect Barack Obama and Vice President-elect Joe Biden officially announced key members of their national security team today: nominating Senator Hillary Clinton as Secretary of State, selecting Defense Secretary Robert Gates to remain as Secretary of Defense...
To use Klein's terms, that's truly Obama's "team of rivals."
