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| Bush rules out replacing Rumsfeld | Bush rules out replacing Rumsfeld |
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| President Bush has said he wants his defence secretary, Donald Rumsfeld, to stay in his job until the end of the Bush presidency in 2009. | President Bush has said he wants his defence secretary, Donald Rumsfeld, to stay in his job until the end of the Bush presidency in 2009. |
| There had been rumours that Mr Rumsfeld might leave after the US mid-term elections and some Republican candidates have suggested he should go. | There had been rumours that Mr Rumsfeld might leave after the US mid-term elections and some Republican candidates have suggested he should go. |
| Mr Bush is campaigning in western states in a last-ditch effort to stop Democrats winning control of Congress. | Mr Bush is campaigning in western states in a last-ditch effort to stop Democrats winning control of Congress. |
| He will speak in Nevada, Montana and Missouri hoping to win support. | He will speak in Nevada, Montana and Missouri hoping to win support. |
| Republicans critical | Republicans critical |
| Normally the fact a president backs his defence secretary would not be big news but Mr Rumsfeld has been under huge pressure in the run-up to next week's elections. | Normally the fact a president backs his defence secretary would not be big news but Mr Rumsfeld has been under huge pressure in the run-up to next week's elections. |
| Much of the flak has come from his fellow Republicans. | Much of the flak has come from his fellow Republicans. |
| A prominent candidate for the Senate has spoken out against him and others have distanced themselves from the defence secretary and the way the war in Iraq has been handled. | A prominent candidate for the Senate has spoken out against him and others have distanced themselves from the defence secretary and the way the war in Iraq has been handled. |
| Mr Bush is having none of it. | Mr Bush is having none of it. |
| In a bold rebuke to his own party sceptics, Mr Bush said in an interview that he wanted Mr Rumsfeld and Dick Cheney, the vice-president, to stay for the full term of his administration. | In a bold rebuke to his own party sceptics, Mr Bush said in an interview that he wanted Mr Rumsfeld and Dick Cheney, the vice-president, to stay for the full term of his administration. |
| Mr Bush is planning on Thursday to take that firm message to the states of Nevada, Montana and Missouri - part of an intense last-ditch effort to turn this election round. | Mr Bush is planning on Thursday to take that firm message to the states of Nevada, Montana and Missouri - part of an intense last-ditch effort to turn this election round. |