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(Photo: AP) In a rare show of bipartisanship, the Senate voted 95-2 on Dec. 6, 2006 to confirm Robert Gates as defense secretary. Republicans and Democrats alike hailed him as a thoughtful and experienced bureaucrat who could help figure out what the United States should do next in a conflict that has become widely unpopular. The swift approval was in stark contrast to Gates' 1991 confirmation vote to become CIA chief. Citing charges he had distorted intelligence for political purposes and turned a blind eye to the Iran-Contra scandal, 31 Democrats rejected Gates. President Bush named Gates to replace Donald H. Rumsfeld at the Pentagon on Nov. 8, a day after voters gave Democrats control of Congress. Rumsfeld, architect of the war in Iraq, stepped down after six stormy years at the Pentagon. Much of Gates' support stemmed from his pledges to consider new options in Iraq. The vote was overshadowed with the release of an independent study lambasting Bush's approach to the war, increasing pressure on the White House to change course. Gates served for 26 years in the Central Intelligence Agency and the National Security Council, and under President George H. W. Bush as Director of Central Intelligence. After leaving the CIA, Gates became president of Texas A&M University and was a member of several corporate boards. Gates also served as a member of the bipartisan commission headed by James A. Baker III, the Iraq Study Group, that has studied the Iraq campaign. He was also the first pick to head the Department of Homeland Security when it was created following the September 11, 2001 attacks. A native of Wichita, Kan., Gates won a scholarship to attend the College of William and Mary where he graduated in 1965 with a B.A. in European history. Gates then went on to receive a master's degree in history from Indiana University in 1966, and a Ph.D. in Russian and Soviet history from Georgetown University in 1974. He received an L.H.D. (Doctor of Humane Letters) in 1998 from his alma mater, William & Mary. Gates and he and his wife Becky have two adult children.