WASHINGTON, Jan. 14 (UPI) -- Secretary of the Navy Donald Winter has agreed to U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates' request that he remain at his post into the new administration.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 31 (UPI) -- Ninety political appointees at the Pentagon have been told their services will not be needed once U.S. President-elect Barack Obama takes office.
CHICAGO, Idaho, Dec. 19 (UPI) -- U.S. President-elect Barack Obama crossed party lines Thursday, choosing Rep. Ray LaHood, R-Ill., to be his Transportation secretary-designate.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 17 (UPI) -- U.S. Rep. Ray LaHood, R-Ill., is climbing aboard the Obama express, agreeing to serve as transportation secretary, unnamed Democratic officials said Wednesday.
MANAMA, Bahrain, Dec. 13 (UPI) -- U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates says potential U.S. foes would be mistaken to "test" the country's new president for signs of weakness.
KABUL, Afghanistan, Dec. 11 (UPI) -- U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates told troops in Afghanistan that sense of duty prompted him to remain as Pentagon chief under President-elect Barack Obama.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 8 (UPI) -- Some of U.S. President-elect Barack Obama's liberal supporters say they're disappointed with the political pedigrees of his Cabinet choices.
PRINCETON, N.J., Dec. 3 (UPI) -- Americans approve of President-elect Barack Obama's including Sen. Hillary Clinton and Defense Secretary Robert Gates in his cabinet, a Gallup poll indicates.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 3 (UPI) -- U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates says he agrees with President-elect Barack Obama's "responsible drawdown" of U.S. troops in Iraq.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 2 (UPI) -- U.S. Deputy Secretary of Defense Gordon England said Tuesday he will not serve in the Obama administration.
NEW YORK, Dec. 1 (UPI) -- Conservative U.S. radio talk show host Rush Limbaugh labeled as "brilliant" President-elect Barack Obama's nomination of Hillary Clinton for secretary of state.
CHICAGO, Dec. 1 (UPI) -- National security team nominees are prepared to meet today's challenges and tomorrow's emerging threats, U.S. Vice President-elect Joe Biden said Monday.
CHICAGO, Dec. 1 (UPI) -- Defense Secretary Robert Gates will have the responsibility of responsibly withdrawing U.S. troops from Iraq, President-elect Barack Obama said Monday.
CHICAGO, Dec. 1 (UPI) -- U.S. President-elect Barack Obama's choice of Robert Gates to lead the Pentagon means Gates will have held security roles under presidents of two parties.
CHICAGO, Dec. 1 (UPI) -- U.S. President-elect Barack Obama Monday designated Hillary Clinton as his secretary of state and said he asked Robert Gates to continue as defense secretary.
