
Via
Rumsfeld is described feuding with Rice when she was national security adviser. He would refuse to return her calls on the grounds that she was not in the chain of command. Rice complained to Bush, who advised her to charm the defence secretary by being “playful”.
We are speechless.
Fortunately, the lovely Julia is on the job....
Playful?
The Secretary of Defense refused to speak to the National Security Advisor - a woman whose judgment and competence Our Fearless Leader apparently thought well enough of to elevate her to Secretary of State - in time of war because she's not the boss of him, and her boss told her to be playful.
Go read the rest.
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Date: 2006-10-03 01:25 am (UTC)