This just in, from the desk of the Office of the President-Elect:

Obama, who is to take office on January 20, also confirmed that he was keeping Defense Secretary Robert Gates in his post, but with a "new mission" to end the Iraq war and hand over control of the country to the Iraqis.

 "I will be giving Secretary Gates and our military a new mission as soon as I take office, responsibly ending the war in Iraq through a successful transition to Iraqi control," said Obama

This is a major change from the current administration, which had argued for years that... the war effort in Iraq... should be...

oh never mind.