New York Times: When President Obama assembled his first national security team, it was quickly dubbed, not always accurately, the "Team of Rivals." Now that some of its key members are heading for the exits, the question is whether his next war council could be named the "Corps of Consensus." The departure this summer of Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates, arguably the most powerful voice in the cabinet, leaves more than an empty seat in the Situation Room. It is a chance for President Obama, at a critical moment in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and amid the Arab uprisings, to rethink the dynamic of the group making some of the most critical decisions in his presidency.