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The Political Scene
Rumsfeld Resigns Office
The improbable restoration of Donald H Rumsfeld to the seat of American militar power was consummated on a cold Friday afternoon in January, 2001, when he was welcomed back to the Pentagon with a full-honors review. The ceremony, a ritual display of martial pomp and fanfare, was staged on th River Parade Field, the vast lawn on th Potomac side of the Pentagon, where Rumsfel had been welcomed as Gerald Ford’s Defens Secretary a quarter century earlier. |
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