US Senator Trent Lott says Rumsfeld not right for Dept of Defence

[Maddy McCall]

US Senator Trent Lott says Rumsfeld not right for Dept of Defence

AP
Friday, December 17, 2004



BILOXI, Mississippi (AP) - US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld should be replaced sometime in the next year, Senator Trent Lott says.

"I'm not a fan of Secretary Rumsfeld," Lott told the Biloxi Chamber of Commerce yesterday. "I don't think he listens enough to his uniformed officers."

Rumsfeld has come under heavy criticism since a soldier asked him last week why the combat vehicles used in the war in Iraq don't have the proper armour. Both Rumsfeld and President George W Bush have said more vehicle armour will be shipped to Iraq.

"I would like to see a change in that slot in the next year or so," Lott said. "I'm not calling for his resignation, but I think we do need a change at some point."

Lott lost his post as Senate majority leader two years ago after praising Strom Thurmond's 1948 segregationist presidential run.

http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/news/html/20041216T210000-0500_71538_OBS_US_SENATOR_TRENT_LOTT_SAYS_RUMSFELD_NOT_RIGHT_FOR_DEPT_OF_DEFENCE.asp

[Reverend_Smitty]

1. now they have begun eating their own...

this could get interesting

[Semi_subversive]

2. Even the Chickenhawks are turning on him

Yay!

[Moderator]

3. duplicate topic

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=102&topic_id=1076604

[Verve]

4. If Lott says he's not a fan of Rumi's then I know Rumi must be 10x worse

than I already imagined! Which is hard to do!