Source: Reuters
Bush has no worries and doesn't desire a change in staff as he still places his confidence in those surrounding him, he says.
But Bush flatly rejected any suggestion Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld should resign, amid mounting criticism of the Iraq war and polls showing growing American opposition to it three years after a U.S.-led invasion.
"I'm satisfied with the people I've surrounded myself with," Bush told a news conference. "We've been a remarkably stable administration and I think that's good for the country."
Stable? How did he manage to say that with a straight face?
Bush did say he had asked Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff to find out why a fleet of trailers brought in for temporary housing after Katrina has been left parked unused in Arkansas. Some critics have called for Chertoff's ouster, blaming him in part for the inept handling of relief efforts after the killer hurricane.
"The taxpayers aren't interested in 11,000 trailers just sitting there. Do something with them," Bush said. "And so I share that sense of frustration when a big government is unable to, you know--it sends wrong signals to taxpayers."
Does it now? So it doesn't matter how much you screw crap up, as long as you're a friend of George, everything is A-OK?
I guess this says it all:
"We've dealt with war. We've dealt with recession. We've dealt with scandal. We've dealt with Katrina," he said. "They've had a lot on their plate ... and they've got my confidence."
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