If Congress sees the same leadership in Texas A&M President Robert M. Gates that A&M found during his tenure, he will undoubtedly be confirmed, said Doug Slack, speaker of the Faculty Senate.

Gates, who served as president of A&M beginning in 2002, was nominated to serve as secretary of defense by President George W. Bush, replacing Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, who resigned Wednesday.

Filed under "opinion" because the article is blatantly one-sided. The Battalion never was good at writing objective articles about A&M.