Iraq War Watch: Secretary of Defense Rumsfeld to RESIGN

US Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld leaves the stage after an October 2006 briefing at the Pentagon. Rumsfeld stayed out of sight after a massive Republican defeat in legislative elections seen as a vote for a change of course in Iraq.

AP: GOP says Rumsfeld is stepping down

Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, architect of an unpopular war in Iraq, intends to resign after six stormy years at the Pentagon, Republican officials said Wednesday.

Word came a day after the Democratic gains in the election, in which Rumsfeld was a focus of much of the criticism of the Iraq war. Officials said Robert Gates, former head of the CIA, would replace Rumsfeld.

If Rumsfeld and Hastert had been sent packing by the President and GOP in August the electoral losses would have been less.

Now, AFTER loss of the House and probably the Senate Bush throws “Rummy” over the side.

Should make a great book.

Stay tuned…..

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