Nick Childs (BBC): Has Rumsfeld been demoted?

[Jack Rabbit]

From the BBC Online
Dated Friday October 10

Has Rumsfeld been demoted?
By Nick Childs
BBC correspondent in Colorado Springs

From the president downwards, the Bush administration has been on the counterattack this week over criticism of its Iraq policy. But Donald Rumsfeld, in many ways the chief spokesman on Iraq up to now has been noticeably absent.
Indeed, he appeared to get a slap in the political face with the news that the National Security Council (NSC) under Condoleezza Rice has established a new committee to oversee Iraq policy.
William Hartung, a senior fellow at the World Policy Institute, said that, not before time, President Bush was putting Mr Rumsfeld in his place.
"Possibly by putting Condoleezza Rice in charge of the Iraq policy, by giving (Secretary of State Colin) Powell more input, this is at least the first attempt by Bush to try to inject at least a note of balance into this policy," he said.

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1. "inject at least a note of balance into this policy"

He's trying to save his ass, and fix the mess, but
he will have no luck.

[KG]

2. it might also be noted that rummy is a 70+ year old man

how much does that monster think he can take on effectively. he's got plenty enuff to do planning the attacks on syria and iran. :eyes: