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McClellan Leaves White House Press Office AP - 31 minutes ago WASHINGTON - White House press secretary Scott McClellan said Wednesday he is resigning, continuing a shakeup in President Bush's administration that has already yielded a new chief of staff and could lead to a change in the Cabinet. Appearing with Bush on the White House South Lawn just before the president boarded a helicopter at the start a trip to Alabama, McClellan, who has parried especially fiercefully with reporters on Iraq and on intelligence issues, told Bush: "I have given it my all sir and I have given you my all sir, and I will continue to do so as we transition to a new press secretary."
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And ain't it strange how this comes at just the right time to maybe bury the news about generals demanding the resignation of the defense secretary.
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Who cares what the retired generals think? That would be like Jimmy Carter calling for Bush to resign - big deal. It's not going to make any change happen. Now, if currently employed and working generals called for Rummy's resignation, that would be a totally different story. That would carry some weight and could make congress move.
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Why do you ask for military people to violate a fundamental rule. If while in the military you do speakout, you not only can loose your position, but all you retirement benifits and maybe go to jail.
Yes, it is significant that retired generals are demanding the removal of the defense secretary and it is not anything similar to a president being worried what a previous office holder says.
The republicans can toot that horn all they want, but claiming they should have done so while still in the military it doesn't diminish the fact that those generals are speaking and ONLY those generals that are retired dare!
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quote:Originally posted by bdgee: Why do you ask for military people to violate a fundamental rule. If while in the military you do speakout, you not only can loose your position, but all you retirement benifits and maybe go to jail.
Yes, it is significant that retired generals are demanding the removal of the defense secretary and it is not anything similar to a president being worried what a previous office holder says.
The republicans can toot that horn all they want, but claiming they should have done so while still in the military it doesn't diminish the fact that those generals are speaking and ONLY those generals that are retired dare!
In a case of principal and humanity, the rules don't apply.
To my knowledge, these 7 generals have not served a single day in Iraq. And while I completey agree that Rumsfeld should retire to south Florida, I think a bunch of retired generals calling for his dismisal will only cause Bush to dig his heels in further and become more defiant.
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CNN) -- Retired Maj. Gen. John Batiste, who led the Army's 1st Infantry Division in Iraq in 2004 and 2005, is calling on Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld to resign, joining three other retired U.S. generals who've recently made similar public calls.
sorry, they have served in Iraq, and while in uniform they DO NOT do this...they are following proper tradition and protocol, and have every right and responsibility as a citizen to say what they think, NOW that they are Citizens again and not in Uniform....
their complaints aren't about "princiapl and humanity" they are about competence and or lack thereof....
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I sit corrected... What I'm saying is, based on principal and humanity, the ACTIVE generals should be voicing their calls for his resignation. Forget the rules, we're talking about human lives here. The active duty generals need to be speaking out for this "campaign" to have any effect.
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quote:Originally posted by Jucifer: I sit corrected... What I'm saying is, based on principal and humanity, the ACTIVE generals should be voicing their calls for his resignation. Forget the rules, we're talking about human lives here. The active duty generals need to be speaking out for this "campaign" to have any effect.
They can't. They can be prosecuted under the UCMJ for it. They are commissioned officers.
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Isn't it a bit of shame (and a sham) that instead of recognizing the delima that the fact that, if these generals had spoken out while still in uniform, they would have been subject to arrest and more and then, in response, the Administration issues a campaign of disinformation to shame them based on the idea that they didn't have the "courage and conviction" to speak out while in uniform?
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