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| Secretary Of State Colin Powell To Resign | |
| 2004-11-15 | |
Broadcast news outlets are reporting that Secretary of State Colin Powell has resigned from President George W. Bush's cabinet. He has said that he will stay on until his replacement is found, CNN reported. So his leaving will not be immediate.Powell reportedly handed in his resignation Friday. But the president has not yet accepted his resignation. CNN reported that there is a lot of speculation that Condoleezza Rice will be offered Powell's position.
In a handwritten, five-page letter to the president, Ashcroft wrote that "the objective of securing the safety of Americans from crime and terror has been achieved." But he goes on to say that the Justice Department would be "well served" by "new leadership and fresh inspiration." Evans is a close friend of Bush's from Texas. He wrote that while "the promise" of Bush's second term "shines bright," he believes it's time to go home. | |
| Posted by:Steve |
| #12 ABC says CONDI! - So says Mssrs. Drudge, and Hannity. |
| Posted by: BigEd 2004-11-15 6:31:41 PM |
| #11 It's long been a tradition in US politics that the winner of a close election (Kennedy, for ex) give at least one cabinet post of significance to a prominent member of the other party. If Lieberman is going to get the nod, then Mineta has to go. (as far as I'm concerned, Mineta should go regardless, but....) |
| Posted by: Bomb-a-rama 2004-11-15 1:49:41 PM |
| #10 SofS Gunny....me like. |
| Posted by: raptor 2004-11-15 11:27:26 AM |
| #9 Sec of State: R. Lee Ermey (aka Gunny Hartman) |
| Posted by: Sparks 2004-11-15 10:49:21 AM |
| #8 Sec of State : Zell Miller. |
| Posted by: Mark Z. 2004-11-15 10:30:07 AM |
| #7 I'm a Condi/08 cheerleader myself, but I agree that Condi's not the one to turn around State. Rummy's got his hands full at Defense. Lieberman sounds good, provided he hasn't taken the "Israel's the problem" Kool-aid. Just the right post for the President to send a message to the Democrat security moms that security trumps politics. |
| Posted by: Ptah 2004-11-15 10:19:43 AM |
| #6 Tony - No. It's long been a tradition in US politics that the winner of a close election (Kennedy, for ex) give at least one cabinet post of significance to a prominent member of the other party. |
| Posted by: lex 2004-11-15 10:14:07 AM |
| #5 Weren't we looking at a Rudi-Condi ticket for '08? If Rudi's in State, that doesn't give him long to turn round a monolith like that... If Lieberman were offered the job, would he be ostracised by the Democrats? |
| Posted by: Tony (UK) 2004-11-15 10:10:09 AM |
| #4 Best would be a hawkish Dem, to signal bipartisanship at home and no retreat before the Franco-fascist-jihadist "resistance" abroad. I vote for Lieberman. |
| Posted by: lex 2004-11-15 10:08:04 AM |
| #3 Rudy? |
| Posted by: Frank G 2004-11-15 10:06:25 AM |
| #2 IF you want State cleaned up, Condi AINT the one to do it. She may be smart, but everything ive heard is that she had trouble managing the bureaucracy at NSC. State is a much larger bureaucracy, and turing it around will require someone more deft with large organizations. OTOH, with all the controversy at CIA, maybe the admin isnt interested in taking on Foggy Bottom right now:) |
| Posted by: Liberalhawk 2004-11-15 9:56:09 AM |
| #1 thanks Colin - time to bring in a sharp-tongued hardass, Condi it is |
| Posted by: Frank G 2004-11-15 9:52:04 AM |