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Thursday, November 09, 2006

US SecDef Rumsfeld Resigns

Donald Rumsfeld resigned as US Secretary of DefenseAs almost all of our readers know by now, Donald Rumsfeld resigned as US Secretary of Defense on Wednesday, November 8, 2006.

Former CIA chief Robert Gates has been nominated as his replacement. There has been a fair bit of commentary on Rumsfeld's tenure, most of which strikes us as shallow and ephemeral rather than informed by deep looks into the organization, the challenges of military and procurement reform, or the forces shaping military procurement in the USA going forward.

As usual, few of those who know write, and few of those who write know; meaningful assessments of the positive and negative aspects of Rumsfeld's tenure are likely to emerge only with time and serious study.

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