(2003-09-19) — Sen. Ted Kennedy, D-MA, will replace Donald Rumsfeld as Defense Secretary if George Bush should win a second term. The President announced the planned appointment a day after Mr. Kennedy told the Associated Press (AP) that the Iraq war was “made up in Texas.”
“There was no imminent threat…This whole thing was a fraud,” the Senator said, accusing the administration of “distortion, misrepresentation and “selection of intelligence” to justify the war.
Mr. Bush said Mr. Kennedy would be the perfect candidate for Secretary of Defense because of his “spotless integrity, sober judgment, selfless patriotism and unshakeable commitment to our troops.”
The President said he made the Kennedy appointment decision while vacationing in Texas.

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