With War Losing Support, Rumsfeld Stages a Retreat
Friday, August 6, 2004 at 12:43PM
TheSpook
Putting the Freaks Back in the Box:
Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld, once so
popular as an administration spokesman for the Iraq war that President
Bush dubbed him a "matinee idol," has reduced his public profile,
trimming appearances as the war has turned from a positive for the Bush
campaign into a potential liability. Critics, particularly on the left,
have delighted in the shrinking Rumsfeld role. The man who gave daily
progress reports at the Pentagon in the heat of the war has appeared
only twice at Pentagon briefings since May. And the White House, which
coordinates which administration officials appear on the networks'
news-making Sunday talk shows, has not lined up a Rumsfeld interview
for months, although a senior administration official, speaking on
condition of anonymity, denied that the White House did not want
Rumsfeld speaking out. [
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