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You Go to War With the Defense Secretary You Have

  • 11/8/06 at 2:52 PM
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And so, finally, Rumsfeld is sent packing. At a White House press conference earlier this afternoon, George Bush acknowledged that maybe the country isn't so much liking him these days — and the country was absolutely detesting his defense secretary. It's a day late and a dollar short — years late and untold lives short? — but Donald Rumsfeld has tendered his resignation and will be replaced by former CIA chief Robert Gates. Jon Dolan's got his take on the announcement at Early and Often.

'Fog of War II' Starring Donald Rumsfeld [Early and Often]

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