Ronald Rumsfeld Quits As Secretary of Defense

As I type this, President George Bush is in a news conference announcing the immediate resignation of Secretary of Defense Ronald Rumsfeld. The main architect of the Iraq War who way back when helped but Osama Bin Laden and Saddam in power, will very soon no longer working for the US Government. His announced replacement will be former CIA chief Robert Gates from 1991 to 1993. Robert Gates will take the position as a recess appointment until the still contested US Senate convenes to approve a replacement.