Rumsfeld Resigns as First Election Casualty
US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld is standing down, President George W Bush has announced after bruising losses for Republicans in mid-term elections.
Mr Bush said that both he and Mr Rumsfeld had agreed the time was right for new leadership at the Pentagon.
Former CIA Director Robert Gates has been nominated to replace Mr Rumsfeld.
The president made it quite clear at a news conference after the election that he had decided beforehand that a "fresh perspective" was needed at the Pentagon.
This means that, win or lose the election, Mr Bush had decided that things were going badly enough to remove one of the architects of the war.
Mr Bush said that both he and Mr Rumsfeld had agreed the time was right for new leadership at the Pentagon.
Former CIA Director Robert Gates has been nominated to replace Mr Rumsfeld.
The president made it quite clear at a news conference after the election that he had decided beforehand that a "fresh perspective" was needed at the Pentagon.
This means that, win or lose the election, Mr Bush had decided that things were going badly enough to remove one of the architects of the war.
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