Washington, DC +Rumsfeld Resigning+
Washington, DC +Rumsfeld Resigning+ Secretary Of Defense Donald Rumsfeld is Stepping Down as defense secretary following the mid-term election results, President Bush just announced at a news conference from the White House.
Former CIA Director Robert Gates will become the new secretary of defense.
Former CIA Director Robert Gates will become the new secretary of defense.
posted by VOS IZ NEIAS @ 11/08/2006 12:52:00 PM
13 Comments:
At 1:14 PM,
Anonymous said…
Maybe if he would have done this before the elecetions, the Republicans would not have lost so badly.
Good riddance of this egomaniac!
At 1:30 PM,
Anonymous said…
The crying Bush announced that former CIA director Bob Gates will be the new defence secretary replacing Donald Rumsfeld. A.B.K
At 2:03 PM,
Anonymous said…
This is a political move to simply retain the presidency by the republicans for '08. And it doesn't end here, there is going to be changes in his future policy on Iraq.
At 2:07 PM,
Anonymous said…
It's a sad day in a America. Rumsfeld was a great Secretary of Defense and should not be resigning. We should all brace ourselves for more terrorist attacks now that the House and probably the Senate will be Democratic. The focus will be on Bush and Bin Laden will be free to plan as he desires.
At 2:19 PM,
Anonymous said…
He served the President and his country well, it is time to shake things up. Hope Bob Gates can finish the job Rumsfeld started!
At 2:23 PM,
Anonymous said…
The Great Secretary of our time is stepping down....we thank him for his service the the only nation that practices democracy with a passion..........Thank you
At 2:25 PM,
Anonymous said…
So first Rumsfeld unseated Saddam Hussein and now Saddam Hussein unseated Rumsfeld
At 2:34 PM,
Anonymous said…
Dan was the greates Secretary of defence we ever had
At 2:52 PM,
Anonymous said…
Oscar - if you're going to criticize people's spelling, at least spell criticize right!!
At 9:20 PM,
Anonymous said…
Besides being totally incompetent as Secretary of Defense, Rumsfeld ensured bills were passed and decisions were made that benefited him financially.
From January 1997 until being sworn in as the 21st Secretary of Defense in Jan 2001, Donald Rumsfeld was CEO of Gilead Sciences Inc. which is the developer and sole patent owner of Tamiflu which is used in the treatment of bird flu.
In November 2005, George W. Bush urged Congress to pass $7.1 billion in emergency funding to prepare for the possible bird flu pandemic, of which one billion is solely dedicated to the purchase, and distribution of Tamiflu.
Federal disclosure forms indicate that Rumsfeld owns between $5 million and $25 million in Gilead stock. Gilead's share prices increased $35 to $57 per share and added between $2.5 million to $15.5 million to Rumsfeld's net worth.
Rumsfeld was also CEO of G.D. Searle & Co., another pharmaceutical company, from 1977 to 1985.
While Rummy made millions of dollars, Americans were and are getting sick from Aspartame (via Searle) and Thimerosol (via Gilead).
At 10:27 PM,
Anonymous said…
I think the next move should be Condy out of the White House. I think she has been way too diplomatic with those who show no diplomacy and has been too soft on terrorists in particular. Get someone really tough in there.
At 12:06 AM,
Anonymous said…
Here is hopin the prez dont throw everyone overboard so he can get good ratings. They are so .... um... overrated! At least the prez had an idea with the war on terrorism. We are all still waiting for what the dems plan is. all we heard was we are doing the wrong thing. well if its the wrong thing, tell us the right thing. has anyone heard what that would be????? NO B/c they have not got a clue! Their sign is donkey for a reason!
At 7:30 PM,
Anonymous said…
O.Gevald:
You wrote "...and new Democratic war advisor (Gates) will show you all.."
He’s a Republican you fool.
Bob Gates is just another good old boy Bushie.
Some history for you:
Under President George H.W. Bush, he served as Director of Central Intelligence.
He was nominated to become the Director of Central Intelligence in early 1987, but withdrew the nomination after it became clear the Senate would reject it due to controversy about his role in the Iran-Contra affair. Senate members later questioned the nomination for the additional reason that Gates allegedly passed intelligence to Iraq during the Iran-Iraq war.
Yep, he's a good replacement.
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