Generals defend Rumsfeld

Washington Times by Rowan Scarborough | Apr. 15, 2006 (News Report)

Several retired generals who worked with Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld, including a former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, yesterday decried calls for the secretary's resignation from other retired officers.
President Bush repeated his support for his point man in the war against terrorists.
"I think what we see happening with retired general officers is bad for the military, bad for civil-military relations and bad for the ... Full Story »

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Subjects: U.S., Politics
Topics: Bush Administration
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Posted by: Posted by Fabrice Florin - Apr 15, 2006 - 2:25 AM PDT
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Edited by: Fabrice Florin - May 10, 2006 - 1:54 AM PDT

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Howard Rheingold
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 by Howard Rheingold - Oct. 1, 2008

This is very one-sided and does not present the story of the attack on Rumsfield by 5 generals that the generals cited in the article are defending against. It says nothing about the issues they raised about the planning and conduct of the Iraq war.

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David Agnew
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 by David Agnew - Oct. 1, 2008

Stakeholders were 5:1 supportive of Rumsfeld. Two paragraphs of 2-pg article devoted to Rumsfeld's critics. No probing analysis of his critics' charges or reasoning.

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Kelly Garrett
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 by Kelly Garrett - Oct. 1, 2008
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Fabrice Florin
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 by Fabrice Florin - Oct. 1, 2008
Fabrice posted this story.
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