[governsleastgovernsbest]

The liberal media should have a field day with this. They actually get to use the word "cabal."

[armydawg1]

Colin Powell is gone, VP Cheney is still in office. Get over it. All this backbiting is so typical of politicians who are pissed at being on the outside. And our enemies in the media love it and shout it from the housetops.

[paguch]

What is this all about? We have seen the politicization of the CIA with Wilson and his wife,now the State Department and where are the stories from the Pentagon? President Bush, a man of great loyalty has been dis-served by lack of loyalty, sometimes to both Bush and the country.

[MEG33]

http://dailydemarche.blogspot.com/
A blog by members of the State Department Republican Underground- conservative Foreign Service Officers serving overseas commenting on foreign policy and global reactions to America.
"Clear, Hold and Build

Secretary of State Rice once again today reinforced my belief that she is the right person, in the right place, at the right tome, for the job. Questioned by the Senate today on an "exit strategy" for Iraq, Dr. Rice put forth the idea that the goal of our strategy in Iraq is to “Clear areas from insurgent control, to hold them securely, and to build durable, national Iraqi institutions." She then stood her ground, and gave excellent answers to ridiculous questions. Case in point:

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[Steve_Seattle]

They actually get to use the word "cabal."

And they use the word inappropriately, in reference to our elected officials and their immediate appointees. That is NOT a cabal. A cabal is a rogue group within government that is secretly working to undermine the authority of the elected officials. Wilkerson is actually DEFENDING the cabal that exists within State and Defense, probably the very people who have been working with the Joseph Wilsons of the world to undermine the presidency.

[coconutt2000]

I suspect that the source of the article was talking about how Rumsfeld and Cheney conspired to change all the toilet paper used in the White House and the Pentagon in order to save money, and how they circumnavigated the normal bureaucracy to save time.

[popdonnelly]

Wilkerson is also the guy who told CNN back in August that Coling Powell's speech to the UN was the lowest point in Wilkerson's life. Looks like Wilkerson has become a professional "source" for complaints about the Bush Administration.