Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid (D-NV)
REID: MILITARY PAPERS ARE RIGHT; BUSH MUST FACE THE TRUTH AND RUMSFELD MUST GOHouse Chair of the DCCC Rahm Emanuel (D-IL):
Washington, DC – The following is a statement by Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid on calls by the Army Times, Air Force Times, Navy Times, and Marine Corps Times for Rumsfeld to resign.
“George Bush and his Republican Congress don’t get it, but the military papers do. If we want to succeed in Iraq, we need a better policy than stay the course and we need better civilian leadership at the Pentagon.
“America’s troops have done their part. President Bush and Congressional Republicans have not done theirs. Where they have failed, Democrats will force the White House to change course from chaos and get on the path to victory. It’s the new direction America needs to keep our country safe.”
Emanuel Response to Military Papers Saying Rumsfeld Must GoThe editorial.
“After 12 generals have said Rumsfeld should go, four military papers saying he should quit and even neo-conservatives abandoning the secretary of defense, all he gets from President Bush and Congressman Boehner is: You’re doing a heck of a job, Rummy,” said Rep. Rahm Emanuel, chairman of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee. “The American people deserve a new direction from a secretary of defense who won’t listen to his generals on the ground and a White House that won’t listen to reason.”
