Bush Keeps Rumsfeld, Names Kerik; Thompson Leaves
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President Bush has asked Defense  Secretary Donald Rumsfeld to stay on in Bush's second term to  keep running the Iraq war and adapting the U.S. military to  face post-Cold War threats like terrorism, a senior Bush  administration official said on Friday.
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Republican Fred Thompson sidestepped questions Monday about the departure of yet another high-level aide to his presidential campaign-in-waiting.
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Former New York Police Commissioner Bernard Kerik, President Bush's choice to be homeland security secretary, has withdrawn his name from consideration, the White House announced late Friday.
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President Bush on Monday brushed aside criticism of Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld over his handling of the Iraq war and described him as a &quot;caring fellow&quot; who will win over doubters on Capitol Hill.
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Donald Rumsfeld, architect of the US plan to invade Iraq and a target of critics of the war, will remain in the cabinet, a senior administration official said.
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A look at the six people in President Bush's 15-member Cabinet who will remain in the administration in the second term:
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Citing immigration problems with a former housekeeper, Bernie Kerik has asked that President Bush withdraw his name from consideration to replace Tom Ridge for the top spot at the Department of Homeland Security.
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Beginning to put his team in place for his second term, President Bush decided to keep Andy Card as White House chief of staff, retaining an unflappable veteran of the Reagan and first Bush presidencies.
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President Bush asked Treasury  Secretary John Snow to stay in his job on Wednesday and Snow  agreed to do so, ending a frenzy of speculation that the  65-year-old former railroad executive was about to be replaced.
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In the cabinet shuffle after President George W. Bush&#39;s US election success on November 2nd, Defense Minister Donald Rumsfeld was asked to stay in his post and he has accepted this &#39;request&#39;.
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Administration and Congressional officials said Friday that President Bush&#39;s selection of Bernard B. Kerik as the new secretary of homeland security
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What happened to the honeymoon for Donald Rumsfeld? No sooner did President Bush ask the secretary of defense to stay on for a second term when, suddenly, Rumsfeld is the target of bipartisan criticism.
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Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld confirmed Monday he will stay on in his job in the second term of the Bush administration. &quot;The election&#39;s over and the president asked me if I would be
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President George W. Bush has asked Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld to stay on in Bush&#39;s second term to keep running the Iraq war and adapting the US military to face post-Cold War threats like terrorism, a senior Bush
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President Bush asked Treasury Secretary John Snow on Wednesday to stay in his administration, and Snow agreed, keeping a key member of Bush's economic team in place.
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Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said  on Monday he had agreed to stay in his job and hoped U.S.  troops would be pulled out of Iraq during the Bush  administration's second four-year term.
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Bernard Kerik, President Bush&#39;s choice to be secretary of homeland security, has withdrawn his name from consideration, the White House announced late Friday.