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There is something very Kansas about Robert Gates, the man President Bush has nominated to succeed William Webster as the new director of the CIA. His open face, wide-set eyes and ready grin, even his prematurely gray corn-silk hair, somehow evoke the state where he was born 47 years ago. At the same time, there is something very Washington about Gates -- the slightly self-satisfied air of the successful bureaucrat who has managed to survive in a city where survival is sometimes all it takes to succeed...
...when Ronald Reagan proposed him as agency chief following the resignation of William Casey. Gates had to withdraw because of skepticism in Congress over his claim that Casey had kept him in the dark about the contra-supply operation. The job went instead to then FBI Director William Webster. When Webster announced his retirement in May, Bush nominated Gates in the hope that Congress had lost interest in Oliver North's misadventures...
...Webster's coaching philosophy stresses both tough press defense and an aggressive, counter--attacking offense. The team will attempt to force opponents' turnovers and parlay them into fast break goals...
...Webster is enthusiastic about the program and the upcoming season. "This team knows what it is going to take to make it to San Francisco in December," he said. "The talent is there and everybody will be in for a show when we start displaying it on September 21 in Annapolis...
This weekend's tournament should be an important barometer for Webster's team, as the top-level competition will determine whether or not the Crimson are capable of staying afloat and swimming right on through to the NCAA tourney...