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Holy ****.
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Offline aldo_14

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Re: Rumsfeld Resigning!!!!
One down.....

 

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Re: Rumsfeld Resigning!!!!
EX-CIA CHIEF ROBERT GATES TO BECOME NEW SECRETARY OF DEFENSE... DEVELOPING...
Source: Drudge Report
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Re: Rumsfeld Resigning!!!!
Ooh, unexpected. Wouldn't it have been smarter of him to resign before the elections (from a rep. POV) ?
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Offline NGTM-1R

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Re: Rumsfeld Resigning!!!!
He wasn't in it for the Republican Party, he was in it for himself. And that just caught up with him.

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Re: Rumsfeld Resigning!!!!
People here in the office are celebrating quietly.
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Offline aldo_14

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Re: Rumsfeld Resigning!!!!
While Halliburton gently weeps......

 

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Re: Rumsfeld Resigning!!!!
eh, haliburton will be less impacted by this. The take over in congress will be more important and they will be pulling them in their along with oil companies.

And actually, there is NOTHING illegal with giving contract noncompetitivly so much as long as it is urgent and compelling, ala war. According to the FAR. Other presidencies have done it before including Clinton. The problem is the appearence of a conflict of interest.
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Offline Unknown Target

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While pleasantly surprising I'm not sure it's completely unexpected. Think about it; if the Republicans won, Rumsfield could probably stay (GOP backing it's own and all). But now that the GOP is out of power, the Dems would attack Rumsfield mercilessly if he stayed - hence, he leaves, to avoid embarrassment of the party and himself.

 

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Robert M. Gates was the Central Intelligence Agency's deputy director for intelligence (DDI) from 1982 to 1986. He was confirmed as the CIA's deputy director of central intelligence (DDCI) in April of 1986 and became acting director of central intelligence in December of that same year. Owing to his senior status in the CIA, Gates was close to many figures who played significant roles in the Iran/contra affair and was in a position to have known of their activities.
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On another note, it's also probably a conciliatory shot from GWB, trying to show some good faith to the Dems - to maybe lessen some potential fallout.

 

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Nice!
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Next shoe to fall in Bush WH: John Bolton as US-UN ambassador?... Developing...
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The Senate must confirm this nomination for Gates to become Secretary.

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do democrats control the senate too? I'm only loosley following the senate race (mainly the house)
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It's tied, with one state (virginia) still in limbo but with a small democratic lead.
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ah, thanks
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