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Gates seen more likely to stay as Pentagon chief

Published November 20, 2008, 3:00 pm, Seattle Times

What Robert Gates once called "inconceivable to me" - his remaining as defense secretary beyond Inauguration Day - is looking a bit more conceivable to the rest of Washington.

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