Word: rumsfeldism
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...Republicans, for their part, are mad at Casey because they have no one else to be mad at. Rumsfeld is gone, Abizaid and Schoonmaker are leaving; Cheney is lodged, limpet-like, in the West Wing, awaiting his turn in the Libby trial. But taking down Casey for the conduct of a war that a bunch of guys in ties ordered the Army to prosecute under now-infamous limitations is certainly as perverse as what the Democrats are up to here. And it fits with the growing neoconservative critique of the war at the moment: it was not the idea that...
...part, an accelerated presidential race, with its own dynamic. In part, the fact of congressional majority status, which has its own dynamic too. But in largest part, Bush. He crossed up the Democrats. They expected him to stay the Rumsfeld-Abizaid-Casey course in Iraq. Or, they thought, he might accede to the Iraq Study Group, admit errors and lead us to gradual defeat. Neither would have required Democrats to do anything much except lament the lamentable situation into which Bush had got us. Instead, Bush replaced Rumsfeld, rejected the Iraq Study Group's slow-motion-withdrawal option and chose...
...least some of the doubts trace back to Rice herself. At 52, she is no longer the ascending star she was at the start of the Bush presidency. Rice's influence with Bush is considerable, thanks to their personal bond and the departure of her rival, Donald Rumsfeld; but few believe she will ever usurp Vice President Dick Cheney's policymaking supremacy. Her associates say she is serious about retreating from public life at the end of Bush's term. For someone so devoted to regimen--up at 4:45 a.m. when she is in Washington, she works out, eats...
...Command has always been run by a Navy admiral. But by simply reshuffling top-ranking officers around the nine so-called "combatant" commands rather than bringing in up-and-coming officers is starting to raise eyebrows inside the Pentagon. Both Fallon and Keating were appointed by Gates' predecessor Donald Rumsfeld-a Defense Secretary known for strong-arming even the most senior commanders-and while continuity is useful in military circles, keeping the same leadership has a ripple effect: it keeps lower-ranking officers from moving up and, some critics argue, discourages new or creative thinking...
...senior officer up to a combatant command, though-sources say he will likely elevate Air Force Lt. General Gene Renuart to take Keating's job at Northern Command. Renuart was a key Air Force commander during the first phase of the Iraq War and most recently was tapped by Rumsfeld to be his senior military assistant. If he is nominated and confirmed to head Northcom, he will be promoted to four-star rank and become the second Air Force general to head the four-year-old command...