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Politics
Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld to resign


Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld is resigning after six years in the Bush administration, nearly four them of them spent on the war in Iraq.

Rumsfeld was considered a political liability due to the unpopularity of the war. But President Bush was recently saying that he would keep Rumsfeld on.

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GOP Says Rumsfeld Is Stepping Down (AP 11/8)
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