[Brian S]

This is the State Department talking - not Bush.

OH you know...I have heard that bullshit since day one of the Bush Administration.

If the Bush Admin. wanted to "purge"...they could "purge" the State department.

I believe I'm correct in remembering that the Clinton admin fired all of the US Attorney's (Dept of Justice) Dept. upon their taking of office and requiring them to "reapply" for their positions.

The "State Department" et al...serves at the "pleasure" of the President, "career" employees included...

[Mo1]

The "State Department" et al...serves at the "pleasure" of the President, "career" employees included...

Not necessarily .. many are protected under the Pendleton Act

What Clinton did with the Justice Department was wrong

[CyberAnt]

What does the DOJ firing all the attorneys have to do with the State Dept. The DOS did not fire anybody - that's part of the problem. Powell and Bush are not saying the same thing - and it has been quite obvious.

[Jumper]

Sort of.... but you are very badly mistaken about the laws and, yes - boy Clinton did break them but then the war with Yugo was also a break from the 1947 Genva Conventions on War as well.