Muckety movers - Rumsfeld

You wouldn’t think Donald Rumsfeld’s muckety could fall much more. However, the nomination of retired Gen. Eric Shinseki to be secretary of veterans affairs underscores past differences with the former secretary of defense. When Shinseki told the Senate Armed Services Committee in 2003 that hundreds of thousands of troops would be needed to maintain order in Iraq, Rumsfeld ridiculed him. Rumsfeld’s out. Shinseki, who retired in 2003, is back in.

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