Military newspapers: Rumsfeld must go!

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From CNN:

An editorial to be published Monday in independent publications that serve the four main branches of the U.S. military will call for President Bush to replace Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld.

“Basically, the editorial says, it’s clear now, from some of the public statements that military leaders are making, that he’s lost the support and respect of the military leadership,” said Robert Hodierne, senior managing editor for the publications’ parent company Army Times Publications.

“That they’re starting to go public with that now, with their disagreements, added up with all of the other missteps we believe he’s made, that it’s time for him to be replaced,” Hodierne.

Very interesting–how well respected are these publications by the military, and how likely is this call to be persuasive? Is its timing “suspicious”?

Daniel

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Very interesting–how well respected are these publications by the military, and how likely is this call to be persuasive? Is its timing “suspicious”?

Daniel
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Pit thread on the subject here.