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JON: PRESIDENT-ELECT OBAMA RUN
PLATFORM OF CHANGE,
GET TROOPS OUT OF
IRAQ.
ANOTHER ARE REPORTS THAT HE WILL
ASK THE DEFENSE SECRETARY ROBERT
GATES TO STAY ON FOR LEAST THE
ADMINISTRATIONIS
BACK HERE TO TALK ABOUT THAT
POSSIBILITY IS FORMER SENIOR
PENTAGON OFFICIAL.
DOES IT SEEM LIKE A SMART MOVE
TO YOU?
>> IT IS A BRILLIANT MOVE.
IS THIS A GOOD TIME IN
ISTORY THE UNCHANGED
PARTIES AND PRESIDENTS DURING A
WAR.
BEING VIETNAM.
GATES HAS BEEN DOING A
TERRIFIC JOB.
IT'S TURNED AROUND THE IRAQ WAR.
AGO IT WAS A DASS
VESTER.
BOB GATES AND A GENERAL
WITH THE SURGE
HAVE GONE AS TO THE
WHERE WE ARE NOW WITHIN
F SUCCEEDING IN IRAQ.
JON: I KNOW YOU HAVE KNOWN HIM
A LONG TIME.
>> ALMOST 40 YEARS.
IS A LITTLE SCARY.
JON: I AM GUESSING THAT BARACK
OBAMA HAS NOT KNOWN HIM ALL THAT
LONG.
SO HE CAMPAIGNED ON CHANGE.
WE TALKED ABOUT IT AND TALKED
ABOUT HOW WE TRIED TO PORTRAY
MCCAIN AS ESSENTIALLY THE
NEXT BUSH ADMINISTRATION.
YET, IF YOU'RE TALKING BUT
ON THE GUN IS BEEN IN
THE PENTAGON FOR THE
YEARS, THAT IS NOT A
OF CHANGE, IS IT?
>> IT IS NOT FOREVER.
HE IS TALKING IRAQ KEEPING HIM
TRANSITION TIME --
TALKING ABOUT KEEPING HIM
TRANSITION TIME.
HE IS NOT A REPUBLICAN DEMOCRAT.
HAVE WORKED WITH HIM IN THE
FORD, AND REAGAN
ADMINISTRATIONS, BUT HE ALSO
WERE IN THE CLINTON AND CARTER
ADMINISTRATIONS.
IS A NATIONAL SECURITY
EXPERT.
HE IS AN EXPERT ON RUSSIA AND ON
INTELLIGENCE.
THOSE ABOUT CRITICAL SKILLS.
JON: YOU KNOW THE POUNDING THAT
THE PRESIDENT-ELECT IS TAKING
FROM THE LEFT ON THIS.
HAS ALREADYAYING HE
CAMPAIGN PROMISES BECAUSE
ABOUT KEEPING BOB
GATES.
>> THAT THEY GET IS A PENALTY HE
TAKE BECAUSE THERE'S
NOBODY THAT PRESIDENT-ELECT
IN WILL BE AS MUCH
OF ITS SUCCESS AS THE GATES
HUSBAND.
DONE WITH IRAQ.
WHAT IF OBAMA WERE TO CHANGE OF
OPINION SECRETARY OF DEFENSE IN
AND DOES NOT GO VERY WELL?
THAT WOULD BE A REAL SPOT ON
OBAMA'S RECORD.
HAS SUPERDELEGATES IN
JOB IN IRAQISH THE
AND TURNING TO AFGHANISTAN.
JON: FINISH THE JOB IN IRAQ --
IS A SET OF HIS PROMISES
U.S. FORCES OUT OF IRAQ
WITHIN 16 MONTHS?
>> TO BE NOTICED OF FRIGHTENED
HASIDENT-ELECT BARACK OBAMA
LOOKED IN THE LAST FEW WEEKS.
IS GETTING THOSE INTELLIGENCE
BRIEFINGS.
IT TAKES ABOUT 18 MONTHS TO GET
THAT EVEN IF YOU STARTED TODAY.
WE'RE ALMOST THERE.
WHY PC DEFEAT WITH VICTORY.
JON: HE HAS A LOT OF PROBLEMS