Source: Al-Jazeera Online [read full article here]
The disclosure that Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld resigned on Nov. 6, 2006 -- the day before the election, not the day after as previously thought -- means that he was pushed out of his job the same day he suggested a de-escalation of the Iraq War.
When Rumsfeld's resignation was announced on Nov. 8, with both his resignation letter and his de-escalation memo still secret, it was widely assumed in Washington political circles that President George W. Bush was reacting to the stinging Republican electoral defeat on Nov. 7 and was appointing Robert Gates as an olive branch to the Democrats.
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