n a seemingly innocuous Thanksgiving message to readers last week, William Kristol, the neoconservative editor of The Weekly Standard magazine, slipped in a surprise demand for Rumsfeld's dismissal.
''What remains to be done is to announce new leadership for the department of defence,'' wrote Kristol. ''This, surely, would be an important opportunity for a strong, Bush-doctrine-supporting outsider, someone who of course would be a team player, but someone who could also work with the military and broaden support for the president's policy.''
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''What remains to be done is to announce new leadership for the department of defence,'' wrote Kristol. ''This, surely, would be an important opportunity for a strong, Bush-doctrine-supporting outsider, someone who of course would be a team player, but someone who could also work with the military and broaden support for the president's policy.''
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The defence secretary's job security has not been enhanced by allegations that he lobbied to scupper the intelligence bill in Congress last week against President George W Bush's wishes.
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Bush and Vice-President Dick Cheney, who first worked with Rumsfeld in the 1970s, are known to feel loyal to the architect of the swift military victories in Afghanistan and - initially - in Iraq. There is a feeling that he deserves to remain in place until after the Iraqi elections in January.
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