Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld has resigned. President Bush has nominated former CIA director Robert Gates, currently President of Texas A&M University, as his replacement. Gates' bio from the university is here.
I'd personally have preferred that the job go to Rick Santorum, soon to be former PA Senator, as I'm a fan of his, but perhaps there's something better in his future, if there's another high-level departure - not that I'm rooting for that job to become available...
Gates though, is a good choice.
Current Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert has also announced that he will not seek the House Minority Leader position in January. Can't say I'm upset about that. Too bad though that J.C. Watts is no longer a member of Congress. (An aside: could Fox News have put a more unflattering head shot of Hastert in that article???)
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