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George Bush Sr. asked retired general to replace Rumsfeld | Salon.com
Topic: Politics and Law 4:47 pm EDT, Jun  8, 2006

Former President George H.W. Bush waged a secret campaign over several months early this year to remove Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld. The elder Bush went so far as to recruit Rumsfeld's potential replacement, personally asking a retired four-star general if he would accept the position, a reliable source close to the general told me. But the former president's effort failed, apparently rebuffed by the current president. When seven retired generals who had been commanders in Iraq demanded Rumsfeld's resignation in April, the younger Bush leapt to his defense. "I'm the decider and I decide what's best. And what's best is for Don Rumsfeld to remain," he said. His endorsement of Rumsfeld was a rebuke not only to the generals but also to his father.

Not even dad approves of Jr. After running every company he's ever worked with and the Texas Rangers into the ground, why did anyone think what he was going to do to the country would be any different?

George Bush Sr. asked retired general to replace Rumsfeld | Salon.com



 
 
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