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December 6, 2006

Update: Iraq study, Gates on Sen. Reed's agenda

U.S. Sen. Jack Reed, the Rhode Island legislator who has emerged as a leading Democratic voice on defense issues, is expected to be involved in two high-profile events today in the U.S. Capitol.

Reed is expected today to make a statement on the Senate floor when the full Senate debates the confirmation of Robert M. Gates to succeed Donald Rumsfeld as the new secretary of defense, according to Reed's spokesman Chip Unruh.

The nomination is expected to pass easily. Reed was among those on the Senate Armed Services Committee who voted unanimously last night to endorse Gates.

Also this morning, the Baker-Hamilton Study Group released its highly-anticipated report from the Iraq Study Group, which studies the Bush administration's Iraq policy and makes several recommendations.

Reed and other members of Congress were invited to a private briefing on the report this morning, Unruh said. Reed has also been asked to participate in a press conference later in the day to discuss the Iraq study, but given the timing of the Gates vote and the regular caucus luncheons (which take place Wednesdays while Congress is in session), Reed's staff isn't sure what he can fit in today.

-- projo.com staff writer Steve Peoples

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