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FadeTheButcher
10-24-2004, 01:11 AM
Wolfowitz will get a promotion if Dubya is re-elected.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1254778/posts
If Bush is reelected Rice to become Defense Secretary



With nine days to the US presidential elections, the Washington Post is already predicting who will be holding which office in the new administration if President George W. Bush is reelected.

According to the Post, Bush is planning a major reshuffle in his administration if he were to win a new term: Condoleezza Rice, the president's national security adviser, might well become the first female Pentagon chief, replacing Ronald Rumsfeld as Defense Secretary.

Rice on the other hand, is most likely to be replaced by Deputy Secretary of Defense Paul D. Wolfowitz, a staunch sponsor of the war against Saddam Hussein's regime, Republican officials told the Post. Secretary of State Colin L. Powell's successor, if President Bush beats his Democratic presidential competitor John Kerry on Nov. 2, will be the US ambassador to the United Nations, John C. Danforth (R-Mo.), at least the Washington Post forecasts so.

otto_von_bismarck
10-24-2004, 06:27 AM
How would the Washington Post know? Wolfowitz is an unpopular figure and Rice's main qualification is as an expert on Russia. 50/50 Kerry keeps his senate seat after his defeat... the legislature is not letting Romney( a Republican and a Mormon) appoint a replacement and they haven't done so yet.