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Dec 2nd, 2008 | MINOT, N.D. — Hours after being named President-elect Barack Obama’s choice to remain as defense secretary, Robert Gates visited Minot Air Force Base and said lapses in nuclear weapons procedures last year were unacceptable.
Gates on Monday became the first defense secretary to visit the Minot base. He stopped first in Chicago, where Obama announced he had asked the 65-year-old Pentagon chief to remain at his post.
Gates said it was not his “expectation or desire” to stay on the job, but he was persuaded to “serve a little while longer.” He said he feels honored to work under Obama, who will be the eighth president he has served.
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