ARMY TIMES: ‘Rumsfeld must go’

What more does it take?

Editorial comes days after Bush affirms defense secretary’s job security
Image: Donald H. Rumsfeld
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Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld, seen on Oct. 18, is criticized in an editorial to be published Monday in publications catering to the major branches of the U.S. military.


Just days after President Bush publicly affirmed Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld's job security through the end of his term, a family of publications catering to the military will publish an editorial calling for the defense secretary's removal.

The editorial, released to NBC News on Friday ahead of its Monday publication date, stated, "It is one thing for the majority of Americans to think Rumsfeld has failed. But when the nation's current military leaders start to break publicly with their defense secretary, then it is clear that he is losing control of the institution he ostensibly leads."