Bush's former chief of staff tried twice to persuade the U.S. leader to fire Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld but failed, The Washington Post reported on Friday, citing a new book by investigative reporter Bob Woodward. Woodward wrote that White House chief of staff Andrew Card urged Bush to replace Rumsfeld with former Secretary of State James Baker following the 2004 election, the Post reported on its Web site. Bush decided not to do so after Vice President Dick Cheney and political adviser Karl Rove convinced him the move would be seen as an expression of doubt about the direction of the war and expose him to criticism, according to the book. Card, with the backing of first lady Laura Bush, tried a second time to persuade Bush to fire Rumsfeld around Thanksgiving 2005, the book says. But the president again refused to act. ...
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