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Rumsfeld to step down -- US defense official
08 Nov 2006 17:59:21 GMT
Source: Reuters

WASHINGTON, Nov 8 (Reuters) - U.S. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, the face of U.S. war policy and a lightning rod for critics worldwide, will step down, a U.S. defense official said on Wednesday.

The imminent announcement by U.S. President George W. Bush, follows dramatic victories by Democrats in Tuesday elections fueled by public anger over the Iraq war in which Democrats seized control of the House of Representatives and were close to taking the Senate.
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An activist from the Socialist Unity Centre of India (SUCI) holds an effigy of U. S. President George W. Bush during a protest against former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein's death sentence in New Delhi November 17, 2006.