[ken5050]

I disagree...Gates is correctBush tossed Rummy over the side..so why should Pace have to sit up there and take all the crapola the Dems want to dump on Rummy..Pace is a superb leader...let him walk away with his honor and dignity intact...

[freekitty]

You know, I am very sick and tired of the infantile games these idiots are playing in Washington DC at America’s expense. May I remind these jackasses; they are there to help America; not hinder it.

I think very soon these people are going to find this out. We are sick of them abusing and using our country for their own agendas and pettinesses.

[Thrownatbirth]

I’m sure General Giambastiani will be displeased with his demotion from Admiral. I guess Gates isn’t a details guy.

[Thebaddog]

Secretary of Defense Levin. Now that is a scary concept. What has he done for Michigan that he hasn't already done to the country as a mere senator?

[CPOSharky]

SecDef Levin should be sending his picks to CinC Pelosi.

Doesn’t he know the chain of command yet?

[OrioleFan]

But then on Friday, Mr. Gates, or some impersonator, declared at a Pentagon press conference that he had decided not to renominate the two men because he wanted to avoid a "quite contentious" debate on Capitol Hill over Iraq.

I want contentious debate on Capital Hill because it shows that some Republicans (and there are very few left up there) haven't been totally castrated. It used to be that every time Republicans got into a debate with the Dummys, they won. The current cast and crew wants to avoid debates for reasons unknown to me.