Robert Gates brings new eyes to Sec Def position

During the furor surrounding Robert Gates' confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill, it is interesting that there are few voices addressing acquisition and procurement reform issues. All I have found so far is that Mr. Gates "avoided most questions on DOD management, " would review DoD's reliance on service contractors, "will continue to implement DOD’s National Security Personnel System," and on the important (to us) issues of "defense acquisitions reform and weapons systems growth, Gates said he was not familiar with the details of those problems and would study them upon taking office."

I figured we hear more from the past president of Texas A&M about how we, as government procurement experts, would be the executive department's 12th man.