Lawmakers Chide Rumsfeld for Auto-Signed Sympathy Letters

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

The shit's finally hitting the fan.

By Jackie Frank

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld did not personally sign his name on letters of condolence to families of troops killed in Iraq but instead had it done by a machine, an action lawmakers said on Sunday showed insensitivity and was inappropriate for leadership during war.



Rumsfeld acknowledged that he had not signed the letters to family members of more than 1,000 U.S. troops killed in action and in a statement said he would now sign them in his own hand. "This issue of the secretary of Defense not personally signing the letters is just astounding to me and it does reflect how out of touch they are and how dismissive they are," Republican Sen. Chuck Hagel said on CBS's "Face the Nation."


"I have no confidence in Rumsfeld," Hagel added.


Rumsfeld has been under strong fire from Democrats and some Republicans recently for appearing to brush off concerns of soldiers about the lack of protective equipment in Iraq.


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[BUSHOUT]

1. Don't you hate it when you're beat in LBN by one stinkin' minute? n/t

[Karenina]

2. Anyone receiving one

should write FUCK YOU and RETURN TO SENDER across the front before dropping it in the nearest postbox.

[LTR]

3. Just remember to autosign it

Just appalling.

Rummy can do no right. Just a sad, pathetic excuse for a human being.

[melnjones]

4. ha ha, i beat you :-) nt

[flamingyouth]

5. Locking - dupe

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