listen to the reaction from this morning. we'll talk about the other side. >> a very, very strong team. almost like ruth, gehrig and dimaggio. >> talking with joe and mika. i bet my money on, being the lead story today, but we knew some type of move was coming because secretary gates voiced his desire to move on. what does it mean to you, you know, inside the beltway there, so to speak, about these positioning moves? >> reporter: you're right. no surprise in that robert gates is leaving his defense post as defense secretary. a reluctant woirier, pardon the pun, to be defense secretary to begin with known as a republican secretary coming on to work in the obama white house. in no uncertain terms, this was ploebl going to be his last year. a bit of a surprise in that leon panetta, the cia director, chief of staff here in the clinton white house, now the cia director, moving over to become