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ANTONIN SCALIA, Supreme Court Justice, defending his decision not to recuse himself from a 2004 case involving Vice President Dick Cheney, with whom he had gone hunting...
...resign rather than force Bush to fire him. But several well-placed Republicans say that Rumsfeld's fate may be as much in the hands of the Vice President as in the President's. Although Rumsfeld is more responsible than any other man for the rise of Dick Cheney during the 1970s, their roles have since reversed, and now the protégé is protecting the mentor. Between the two of them, Cheney and Rumsfeld have run the Pentagon for almost 12 of the last 32 years. It's the federal agency each knows best, and neither man has any patience...
...creation of the Homeland Security Department and jump-started a military command to support its work. But he drew the line when Congress pressed the President to place all U.S. intelligence assets, including military intelligence, under CIA control. Among those in the Bush inner circle, Rumsfeld is closest to Cheney philosophically and personally. Friends for 35 years, the two men talk about everything, including the state of the economy...
...boss performance, but otherwise the Condi-in-charge move was almost entirely for show. The NSC isn't set up for operational control of a project as complex as the reconstruction of a nation, and Rice has rarely displayed the muscle needed to keep Rumsfeld, Vice President Dick Cheney and Secretary of State Colin Powell all on the same page...
...What struck the surveyors was Bush's 60% disapproval number, and the fact that 47% stronglydisapprove. That's like trying to climb out of a deep hole filled with big rocks - with new rocks being thrown in each week, labeled War, Katrina, Meirs, Dubai, Deficits, Gas Prices, Cheney, Eavesdropping, Leaks...