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Victory in our Time

Victory for this blog, that is.

Secretary Gates has agreed to stay on at the Pentagon. WaPo is reporting that he'll stay for a year, with most of his deputies being replaced by Obama appointees.

Filling out the national security roster:

SecState -- Hillary Clinton*
Dep SecState -- Jim Steinberg
NSAdvisor -- Gen. Jim Jones
Amb to UN -- Susan Rice

*Sorry for not commenting on that last week; your faithful bloggers were both traveling. On an unrelated note, Charlie can also now confirm stateside sightings of AM himself. Welcome back, mate.

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