Financial Times: Rumsfeld and Bolton may be out in the coming months

[sabra]

http://news.moneycentral.msn.com/provider/providerarticle.asp?feed=FT&Date=20061031&ID=6153874

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When a recess appointment expires is not precisely defined, and it has been reported that Mr Bolton will stay until January before the next session of Congress begins. But two officials told the FT that, unless the Senate confirmed him, Mr Bolton's term would end when Congress recessed after the elections, which is likely to happen before Thanksgiving on November 23.

Mr Bolton could leave at a crucial moment in negotiations over a Security Council sanctions resolution to be imposed on Iran, which the Bush administration hopes to settle before Thanksgiving.

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A former senior administration official said Mr Rumsfeld might leave if the Iraq Study Group – a bipartisan commission led by James Baker, former secretary of state and close friend of Mr Bush's father – comes up with radical policy suggestions for Iraq.

Another influential Republican with close ties to the White House said the consensus among Republican insiders was that Mr Rumsfeld would remain only until next summer. That would provide enough time after the elections to avoid the impression he was going because of the war, and also allow time for the situation on the ground to improve.

[originalpckelly]

1. Well that explains Boehner's comment...

Bush said Brownie was doing a "heckuva" and he was out days later. Boehner said Rumsfeld "is the best thing to happen to the Pentagon in 25 years."

[grizmaster]

2. bush can give Crazy Von Mustache another recess appointment BUT

after the first year it's no longer a paid position.

[FSogol]

3. Of course, the repubs always find someone to take the blame.

Remember Jack Kemp? Rumsfeld and Bolton will take the fall in lieu of */Cheney. After the election results are in, they are finished.

[ThomWV]

4. I Thought Bolton Was In Until The Next Congress Convenes

Up until midnight the day before is what I thought. What would that be, January 19th or something like that?