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ZT Donald Rumsfeld has been replaced
(2007-01-16 18:08:42)US President George W Bush
has announced that Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld
is stepping down from his post in the wake of the unfolding results
of the US mid-term elections. Former CIA Chief
Robert Gates, who headed that agency from 1991 until 1993, will be
nominated to take over as Defense Secretary. Mr
Gates served as CIA Director during
the Presidency of Mr Bush's father, former President George
Bush. He is a member of the bipartisan Iraq Study
Group, which is tasked with recommending ways of tackling the
problems the US faces in Iraq.
"The timing is right for new leadership at the Pentagon,"Mr Bush said at the White
House Wednesday afternoon. "I recognize that many
Americans voted last night to register their displeasure with the
lack of progress being made" in Iraq, Mr Bush
said. He said he had "a series of thoughtful
conversations" with Mr Rumsfeld about the
Defense Secretary's
resignation. Mr Bush said that his
administration's Iraq policy was "not working well enough, fast
enough", and that Mr Rumsfeld agreed that a "fresh perspective" was
needed on the issue. Mr
Bush said he would seek to find "common ground" with House
Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi, who is set to become the first
female speaker in the lower chamber. "I welcome
this change. I think it will give a fresh start to finding a
solution to Iraq rather than staying the course," said Nancy
Pelosi. veterans
observed was unusual at such events.
On Monday an editorial in the US Military Times Publications -- which includes the Army Times, Navy Times, Air Force Times and Marine Corps Times -- called forMr
Rumsfeld to step down. The publications are
independent of the Department of Defense.
Rumsfeld has been heavily criticized for his policies in Iraq, and
exit polls taken during Tuesday's midterm elections,
seen by some as a referendum on
Mr Bush and his administration,
showed strong voter dissatisfaction -- 57 percent -- with the Iraq
war. Rumsfeld, 74, has served as
Defense Secretary since January 20,
2001, the beginning of Mr Bush's
first term.
"The timing is right for new leadership at the Pentagon,"
On Monday an editorial in the US Military Times Publications -- which includes the Army Times, Navy Times, Air Force Times and Marine Corps Times -- called for
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