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Batiste, it turns out, wasn't the only one holding his fire. Over the past several weeks, the extent of the military's unhappiness with Rumsfeld has exploded into what is already being called the Revolt of the Generals. Half a dozen retired generals have used newspaper opinion pages--and...
ANNE FRANK, in a 1944 letter to her father that was released last week, protesting after she was forbidden to spend time alone with a young man who was hiding from the Nazis with the Franks in Amsterdam during World War II
While Franks said he needed at least 250,000 troops, Rumsfeld wanted no more than 100,000, fearing that larger numbers gathered on Saddam's doorstep would present a tempting target. Rumsfeld was also enamored of the dubious idea, backed by a few gung-ho Pentagon civilians, that a small...
Adds Franks: "I have no desire to suck up to the Secretary, but I'll tell you he is a terrific manager. And I have been a combat soldier for a long time. The nexus of the two is very powerful for this country." Another Pentagon official puts it this...
So perhaps it is fortunate that work is what Rumsfeld does best. He arrives at his office each day at 6:30 a.m. and typically stays at his post for 12 hours before heading home and working several more hours. He often speaks first to Franks and then joins a...