Durbin: Rumsfeld should go as Iraq goes 'from bad to terrible'

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http://www.belleville.com/mld/belleville/news/state/14370955.htm

Durbin: Rumsfeld should go as Iraq goes 'from bad to terrible'
Associated Press

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin called Tuesday for Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld to be replaced and said he hopes Congress will debate the issue next week.

"This situation has gone from bad to terrible, and I think it's time for new leadership in the Pentagon," the Illinois Democrat told reporters.

Durbin, the Senate's second-highest ranking Democrat, said he is talking to other lawmakers about the possibility of voting on whether they still have confidence in Rumsfeld.

"Let the Senate go on record," he said.

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1. Is the Senate totally incapable of booting Rummy?

I mean, even it was unanimous?

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2. I'm glad to hear Dick Durbin's voice on this issue and I'm convinced

that he's absolutely right.

The reasons he gives, too, are succinct, manageable, forceful, and timely.

The pressure on George W. Bush to be a real adult is growing.