Proceedings Magazine - December 2006 Vol. 132/12/1,246

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Issue: Proceedings Magazine - December 2006 Vol. 132/12/1,246
By: Robert Timberg

We've weathered another mid-term election, though not without one major casualty—Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld. After six years as Pentagon chief and architect of the war in Iraq, Mr...

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    "The Failure of the All-Volunteer Force"

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    By Robert Timberg, Editor-in-Chief

    We've weathered another mid-term election, though not without one major casualty—Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld. After six years as Pentagon chief and architect of the war in Iraq, Mr. Rumsfeld was asked by the President to step down...

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    (See J. Byron, p. 12. October 2006; H. Patterson. H. Sacks. J. Roheryy. J. Hasik, T. Meyer, pp. 6-7. 74. November 2006 Proceedings

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