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Say Hello to Secretary of Defense Lieberman

November 8th, 2006 Leave a comment Go to comments

Donald Rumsfeld steps down

US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld has stepped down as defence secretary, a day after congressional elections in which opposition to the war in Iraq contributed to heavy Republican party losses.

President George Bush said he would nominate Robert Gates, a former CIA director, to replace Rumsfeld at the Pentagon.

As is his practice in matters of love as well as life, Bush was premature with his announcement before Lieberman could be sworn in for the new term. Robert Gates better not get too comfortable in that leather chair in the E-ring.

Bush on 11/2:

President Bush said Wednesday he wants Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld and Vice President Dick Cheney to remain with him until the end of his presidency, extending a job guarantee to two of the most-vilified members of his administration.

“Both those men are doing fantastic jobs and I strongly support them,” Bush said in an interview with The Associated Press and others.

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  1. chartoo
    November 8th, 2006 at 18:11 | #1
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    Gates is as bad or worse than Rumsfeld, probably worse,

    Smells a Lot Like Robert Gates

    With a powerful assist from George Tenet, then staff director of the senate intelligence committee, members approved the nomination. In his memoir Gates makes a point of thanking Tenet for greasing the skids. Even so, 31 Senators found the evidence against Gates so persuasive that, in an unprecedented move, they voted against him when the nomination came to the floor.

    The First Mass Exodus and Those Who Stayed

    The result? Many bright analysts quit rather than take part in cooking intelligence-to-go. In contrast, those inspired by Gates’ example followed suit and saw their careers flourish. So much so that when in September 2002 Tenet asked his senior managers to prepare a National Intelligence Estimate parroting what Cheney had been saying about the weapons-of-mass-destruction threat from Iraq, they saluted and fell to the task. Several of them traced their career advancement to Robert Gates.

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  2. Grumpy
    November 8th, 2006 at 18:30 | #2
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    Gates was also heavily involved in Iran-Contra, though there was insufficient evidence to press charges.

    He’s dirty dirty dirty.

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