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.
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.
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.
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, Nov. 30 (UPI) -- U.S. President-elect Barack Obama will soon officially unveil Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y., as his nominee for Secretary of State, sources said Sunday.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 25 (UPI) -- President-elect Barack Obama has decided to keep Robert Gates as U.S. defense secretary, sources close to the transition team said.
TALLINN, Estonia, Nov. 12 (UPI) -- U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates was mum Wednesday about whether he has spoken with President-elect Barack Obama's transition team about his future.
WARSAW, Poland, Nov. 8 (UPI) -- U.S. President-elect Barack Obama has not committed to building a U.S. missile defense system in Poland, despite a Polish statement to the contrary.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 4 (UPI) -- Barack Obama, with projected wins in West Coast states, became the first African-American president-elect of the United States Tuesday.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 11 (UPI) -- The two Democratic presidential hopefuls Monday criticized U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates' hint of pausing troop withdrawals from Iraq.
