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Dec. 8, 2005, 12:14AM
Sources: Rumsfeld will quit in 2006
Rumors swirl about Lieberman as his replacement
By THOMAS M. DEFRANK and KENNETH R. BAZINET
New York Daily News
WASHINGTON - White House officials are telling associates they expect Defense Secretary Don Rumsfeld to quit early next year, once a new government is formed in Iraq, sources said Wednesday.
Rumsfeld's deputy, Gordon England, is the inside contender to replace him, but there's also speculation that Sen. Joe Lieberman — a Democrat who ran against Bush-Cheney in the 2000 election — might become top official at the Pentagon.
The White House considered Lieberman for the U.N. ambassador's job last year before it gave the post to John Bolton, a Bush adviser said.
"He thought about it for a week or so and finally said no," the adviser recalled.
A source close to the White House said Rumsfeld wanted out a year ago, after Bush's re-election, but neither he nor President Bush wanted his departure to appear to have been forced.
http://chron.com/disp/story.mpl/headline/nation/3510801.html
So now that the public is aware that the Bush administration lost the war in Iraq, it looks like it's time to put a "democrat" in charge to deflect the blame from the republicans. This might explain why Lieberman has been kissing Dubya's ass lately.
Dec. 8, 2005, 12:14AM
Sources: Rumsfeld will quit in 2006
Rumors swirl about Lieberman as his replacement
By THOMAS M. DEFRANK and KENNETH R. BAZINET
New York Daily News
WASHINGTON - White House officials are telling associates they expect Defense Secretary Don Rumsfeld to quit early next year, once a new government is formed in Iraq, sources said Wednesday.
Rumsfeld's deputy, Gordon England, is the inside contender to replace him, but there's also speculation that Sen. Joe Lieberman — a Democrat who ran against Bush-Cheney in the 2000 election — might become top official at the Pentagon.
The White House considered Lieberman for the U.N. ambassador's job last year before it gave the post to John Bolton, a Bush adviser said.
"He thought about it for a week or so and finally said no," the adviser recalled.
A source close to the White House said Rumsfeld wanted out a year ago, after Bush's re-election, but neither he nor President Bush wanted his departure to appear to have been forced.
http://chron.com/disp/story.mpl/headline/nation/3510801.html
So now that the public is aware that the Bush administration lost the war in Iraq, it looks like it's time to put a "democrat" in charge to deflect the blame from the republicans. This might explain why Lieberman has been kissing Dubya's ass lately.