Paul Reickhoff on Rumsfeld's resignation:

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Iraq Veterans Applaud Decision to Replace Sec. Rumsfeld

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Wednesday, November 8, 2006

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Iraq Veterans Applaud Decision to Replace Sec. Rumsfeld

NEW YORK - The nation's first and largest non-partisan organization representing veterans of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, IAVA, released the following statement from Executive Director Paul Rieckhoff in response to the resignation of Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld:

"This is welcome news for our troops and veterans who have been paying the price for Secretary Rumsfeld's failures," said Paul Rieckhoff, an Iraq War veteran and the executive director of IAVA. "The replacement of Donald Rumsfeld is one step down the very long road to correct the mistakes made in Iraq over the past three years."

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