Defense Secretary nominee Robert Gates (left) talks with current Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman John Warner, R-Va., (center) and Sen. Carl Levin, D-Mich., who will become chairman in January. They spoke Tuesday morning before the committee held confirmation hearings on Gates' nomination. (Jim Watson/AFP/Getty Images)
Analysis of the Gates hearings
Robert Gates, President Bush's nominee to replace outgoing Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, faces the Senate Armed Services Committee Tuesday. Minnesota Public Radio has analysis while the committee breaks for lunch.
Guests
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Colin Kahl: Politicial science professor at the University of Minnesota. Kahl was in Baghdad this fall doing research for the Department of Defense.
