Gates Confirmation Hearing Today

The Senate Armed Services Committee’s confirmation hearing for incoming Defense Secretary Robert Gates is underway on Capitol Hill. It began this morning at 9:30 a.m. and likely will last most of the day.

To follow the hearings live, C-SPAN’s Web feed is here. And the folks over at InsideDefense.com are live-blogging the hearing. They’ve already posted 12 times in less than two hours.