Bush: Rumsfeld, Cheney must stay til end

[im10ashus]

By TERENCE HUNT, AP White House Correspondent
39 minutes ago



President Bush said Wednesday he wants Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld and Vice President Dick Cheney to remain in his administration until the end of his presidency, extending a job guarantee to two of the most criticized members of his team.

Bush, in an interview, also said he was determined that sanctions imposed against North Korea must be applied even though Pyongyang has agreed to return to six-nation nuclear disarmament talks.

And Bush said he did not foresee a change in the immediate future in the number of U.S. troops in Iraq. "They've got what they can live with," Bush said.

The president spoke in the Oval Office, seated in a wing chair in front of a table with a bowl of roses. Six days before midterm elections, Bush steered questions away from politics beyond saying he was confident that Republicans would defy the odds and hold control of the House and Senate. He refused to even say whether he could work effectively with House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi or Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid if Democrats won either the House or Senate, or both.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061101/ap_on_go_pr_wh/bush_13

[TayTay]

1. OMG, is that some kind of botched joke or something?

Sadly, probably not.

[im10ashus]

2. If only.

They are going to "stay the course" apparently. Asswipes that they are.

[rsmith6621]

3. So They only have about eight months left in office....

n/t

[QuestionAll...]

4. 'they've got what they can live with'.

he just keeps coming up with those great one liners, doesn't he?

[Crankie Avalon]

5. Didn't Bormann and Goebbels stay with their leader "till the end," too?

I would expect no less from Cheney and Rumsfeld. Though some say Bormann got out, so maybe Cheney or Rumsfeld will make it to that new Bush family farm in Paraguay.

[chaska]

6. LIKE TWIN ANCHORS ON THE TITANIC.

Cause they're like dragging down an already sinking ship, ya see.