And, yes, I DO take it personally: So, what REALLY qualifies Gates for the SecDef job..?

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And, yes, I DO take it personally

Thursday, November 09, 2006

So, what REALLY qualifies Gates for the SecDef job..?

hmmmmmmmmm... < scratches chin >

“This is not a person with a history of telling truth to power,” said the former subordinate, Melvin A. Goodman, a Soviet analyst from 1966 to 1990. Mr. Goodman called Mr. Gates a micromanager and “not a big-picture person,” though he also called him “a hard-working, disciplined person who’s totally loyal to his bosses.”

ah... i get it now... and it only took 17 paragraphs of reading to find it...

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