President Bush introduced Robert Gates on Wednesday afternoon as his nominee to replace Donald Rumsfeld as secretary of defense, saying the country needs a "fresh perspective" on Iraq.
Gates, a former CIA chief, was a member of the Iraq Study Group, a bipartisan panel that is making recommendations to Bush on how to proceed in Iraq.
It's been a week for change. Hopefully, it will usher an era of cooperation and non-partisanship. Only time will tell.
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I spent 34 plus years in the active army (enlisted and,warrant officer). I served with many officers and had many SecDef and CinC(Presidents) in my chain of command. I have seen the good, the bad and the ugly in almost all of them. Secrretary of Defense Rumsfeld was by no means the worst. I strongly believe in the leadership traits of integrity, candor and loyalty in the officer corps. I look with disfavor on those who badmouth leaders after they retire. Some of these are sour grapes because they were not selected for promotion by their peers and others were or are PBC (Promoted Beyond Capability)
Rumsfeld has stepped down, now we need to get rid of the President! He got our Soldiers in this ugly war & its' time they come home & let these people fight their own war. We support the troops, not this war!
