U.S. Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld resigns
{{date|November 8, 2006}}
[[Image:Bush announces resignation of Rumsfeld, nomination of Gates, November 8, 2006.jpg|220px|thumb|President Bush (center) announces resignation of Rumsfeld (left), to be replaced by Gates (right).]]
The Associated Press is reporting that U.S. Secretary of Defense [[Donald Rumsfeld]] is about to resign. President George W. Bush announced that he will nominate [[w:Robert Gates|Robert Gates]], former head of the CIA, as a replacement for Rumsfeld, speaking at a [[US White House|White House]] press conference at 1 p.m. today.

Rumsfeld is the second longest serving defense secretary, serving in the post from 1975 to 1977 under President Ford and under President Bush from the beginning of 2001.

"It'll be a different Congress, a different environment, moving toward a presidential election, and a lot of partisanship and it struck me that this would be a good thing for everybody", Rumsfeld told Pentagon reporters.

This is one week after President Bush told the American People that Rumsfeld was doing a fantastic job and that he wanted the secretary to stay in his job to the end of his presidency.

== Sources ==

*{{source|url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/11/08/AR2006110801180.html
|title=Rumsfeld to Step Down as Defense Secretary
|author=William Branigin
|pub=Washington Post
|date=November 8, 2006}}
*{{source|url=http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15622266/
|title=GOP officials: Rumsfeld stepping down
|author=Associated Press
|pub=MSNBC
|date=November 8, 2006}}
*{{source|url=http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/R/RUMSFELD_RESIGNS?SITE=TXKER&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT
|title=GOP Says Rumsfeld Is Stepping Down
|author=Associated Press
|pub=Kerrville Daily Times
|date=November 8, 2006}}
*{{source|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_depth/6130296.stm
|title=Rumsfeld replaced after poll loss
|author=
|pub=BBC News Online
|date=November 8, 2006}}
*{{source|url=http://www.ibnlive.com/news/donald-rumsfeld-resigns/25764-2.html
|title=RUMSFELD RESIGNS AS US DEFENCE SECRETARY
|author=
|pub=CNN IBN
|date=November 8, 2006}}
*{{source|url=http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2006/11/20061108-2.html
|title=Press Conference by the President
|author=
|pub=White House
|date=November 8, 2006}}
*{{source|url=http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=newsOne&storyID=2006-11-09T030707Z_01_N08325844_RTRUKOC_0_US-USA-ELECTIONS-RUMSFELD.xml&WTmodLoc=Home-C2-TopNews-newsOne-2 
|title=Rumsfeld quits after Republicans' Iraq-driven loss
|author=Kristin Roberts
|pub=Reuters
|date= November 8, 2006}}
*{{source|url=http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory?id=2621650
|title=Bush Says Rumsfeld, Cheney Should Stay
|author=Terence Hunt
|pub=AP
|date=November 2, 2006}}

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President Bush (center) announces resignation of Rumsfeld (left), to be replaced by Gates (right).
The Associated Press is reporting that U.S. Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld is about to resign. President George W. Bush announced that he will nominate Robert Gates, former head of the CIA, as a replacement for Rumsfeld, speaking at a White House press conference at 1 p.m. today.

Rumsfeld is the second longest serving defense secretary, serving in the post from 1975 to 1977 under President Ford and under President Bush from the beginning of 2001.

"It'll be a different Congress, a different environment, moving toward a presidential election, and a lot of partisanship and it struck me that this would be a good thing for everybody", Rumsfeld told Pentagon reporters.

This is one week after President Bush told the American People that Rumsfeld was doing a fantastic job and that he wanted the secretary to stay in his job to the end of his presidency.
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