President Bush (41) tried to fire Rummy?
Former President George H.W. Bush waged a secret campaign over several months early this year to remove Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld. The elder Bush went so far as to recruit Rumsfeld’s potential replacement, personally asking a retired four-star general if he would accept the position, a reliable source close to the general told me. But the former president’s effort failed, apparently rebuffed by the current president. When seven retired generals who had been commanders in Iraq demanded Rumsfeld’s resignation in April, the younger Bush leapt to his defense. “I’m the decider and I decide what’s best. And what’s best is for Don Rumsfeld to remain,” he said. His endorsement of Rumsfeld was a rebuke not only to the generals but also to his father.
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Well, this is very interesting. The relationship between Jr. and Sr. will have psychiatrists busy for years.
I have no idea if this report is true. It would seem very unlikely that Dad would intervene and try to have one of his son’s closest advisors replaced. President Bush (41) has gone out of his way not seem like he is looking over his son’s shoulder. It is still interesting nonetheless.
