Changing the guard

Politics | As Rumsfeld resigns at Defense, the Senate sizes up nominee Robert Gates | Lynn Vincent

The morning after last week's electoral thrashing, President Bush managed to snatch one political victory from the jaws of defeat. Even his staunchest critics praised him for announcing Nov. 8 his decision to replace Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld.

"I commend the White House for acting with alacrity," said Jeff Record, a professor at the Air Force Air War College. Record, author of Dark Victory: America's Second War Against Iraq, a 2004 book critical of the administration and the war, praised Bush "for understanding the election for what it is, principally a rebuke for his Iraq war policy."

While in office, Rumsfeld enjoyed some support within the military. "I will say that at the action officer level, Secretary Rumsfeld was well liked in general," said Army Major David S. Johnston. "There was little question regarding the resolve and the tenacity of his leadership."

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November 18, 2006, Vol. 21, No. 44

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