http://news.ft.com/servlet/ContentS...y&c=StoryFT&cid=1059480409515&p=1012571727088 Donald Rumsfeld, US defence secretary, said on Tuesday he had not been told by President George W. Bush or the National Security Council that the White House was to restructure the handling of postwar Iraq before the media were briefed on the plan by NSC officials. He said he did not know why Ms Rice, Mr Bush's national security adviser, had felt it necessary to send a memorandum about the new organisation to cabinet officials or brief the New York Times about the move.
While removing Rummy's involvement in Iraq is a good thing - it also frees up his time to plan and push for the next invasion of the enemy d'jour - which is a bad thing