understands the process and an entray to capitol hill, knows the players and how to negotiate with them. >> and that's leon panetta. besides their credential, who started his career as a republican and later served in the clinton white house. now, besides the credentials, both men bring one key quality to president obama. they are confirmable at a time when the last thing the president wants a another fight with senate republicans. in fact, wolf, senator lindsay graham called both selections outstanding. >> his big job is going to be cutting the defense department's budget. he's not going to be a very popular figure with the establishment, the contractors, the military. they have to cut hundreds of billions of dollars to deal with this budget crisis, the national debt. i assume he's going in with his eyes wide opened. >> that's right. secretary gates, by all accounts, has started to skim
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