Robert Gates refreshes the air on Iraq.

President Bush's nominee for Defense Secretary, former CIA Director Robert Gates, is already proving himself before his confirmation and disagreeing with his soon-to-be boss on many fronts. Read it here. I CANNOT wait for his confirmation hearings to begin -- I plan on watching the hearings. In my HUMBLE opinion, Bob Gates could turn out to be the James A. Baker 111, the former Srcretary of State, that I yearned for when Bush finally saw the light, yeilded to reason and did the "Rummy Shuffle".