ABC reports that Robert Gates will stay on as Secretary of Defense. This is likely to be a short-term run to help ease the transition in a time of war.
Also, Gates isn’t as much of a douchebag as Rumsfeld was.
I expect Richard Danzig will be named as his understudy, although a Hagel placement remains a possibility (one that I am not keen on). And yes, for the record, I’ve now gotten 4 right and 6 wrong from my predictions – and 4 out of 8 actual cabinet secretaries. Go ahead and link me to someone who got more right then me – and don’t give me anyone who gave a list of several different possibilities for the same post.