Senate confirms Gates as new Defense secretary

The Senate voted Wednesday to confirm former CIA Director Robert Gates as Defense secretary, ending Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld's second tenure heading the Pentagon with a 95-2 vote.

President Bush nominated Gates to replace Rumsfeld, who also held the job under former President Gerald Ford, last month.

Defeated Sen. Rick Santorum, R-Pa., and Sen. Jim Bunning, R-Ky., voted against Gates.