November 5th, 2008 4:48 PM Eastern
ARI FLEISCHER: Keeping Robert Gates As Secretary of Defense Would Be a Bold Move By Obama
As Seen on “America’s Election HQ” on November 5:
MARTHA MACCALLUM, CO-HOST, FOX NEWS: Do you expect that we will see Republicans on this cabinet?
ARI FLEISCHER, FORMER WHITE HOUSE PRESS SECRETARY: Well, I think there is a tradition that you try to have at least one, and I wouldn’t be surprised if Barack Obama does that. Typically its not going to be in your Secretary of State position or someone at that level. The fascinating one here is Secretary of Defense, whether he will maintain President Bush’s Secretary of Defense to have a more continuity in Iraq and Afghanistan. — A bold move if he does it, but I would be surprised if he does.
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