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Passion with obama and the military was when it came to getting rid of don't ask don't tell. >> gates is hitting obama pretty hard saying quote the only think apart from the wikileaks was don't ask don't tell. changing the law seemed to be the next step in the civil rights movement. he was passionate about health care reform as well but i was not present for that. he was in the president's war cabinet for years. >> that is right. good to see you, bill. you can tell when you read the book and go beyond what is out there is that secretary gates reveals the transition document when they were sayi...

What he saw during the transition when he was serving in the bush administration, transitioned to the obama administration late 2008 he reveals a confidential document, a transition document for the obama team that said flat until private they wanted to show the world they were going to focus on winning. he contrasts that with what he says he saw from the president in subsequent years that in gates' words, he was not fully supportive of the mission, didn't show passion for actually winning the war. here's gates specifically in the book. one passage i'll read for you, quote, the only military m...