U.S. President George W. Bush (L) listens to Robert Gates speak after Bush announced that Gates will replace Donald Rumsfeld as Secretary of Defense at the White House in Washington November 8, 2006. Rumsfeld, the controversial face of U.S. war policy, quit on Wednesday after Democrats rode Americans' anger and frustration over Iraq to victory in Tuesday's congressional elections.
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