Rumsfeld says he won't step down
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Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld, coming under renewed fire for his management of the Iraq war, said Sunday he is not considering resigning and said the president had called him personally in recent days to express his continued support.
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The United Nations Secretary General, Kofi Annan, has said he will not resign over the controversial Iraqi Oil-for-Food programme.
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J. Dennis Hastert, who has become the longest-serving Republican House speaker, made it clear that he would not step down.
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President Bush has asked Defense  Secretary Donald Rumsfeld to stay in his job and Rumsfeld has  agreed to do so, a senior Bush administration official said on  Friday.
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Pakistani President General Pervez Musharraf says he will not be stepping down as head of the country&#39;s military on December 31.
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Gannett News Service. WASHINGTON -- Sen. Robert Byrd isnât happy with Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, but the veteran Democrat has stopped short of calling for him to step down.
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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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US Sen. Trent Lott said he may disagree with Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld on several defense-related issues, but he is not calling for Rumsfeld&#39;s resignation.
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BAGHDAD  - US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld vowed America would prevail in Iraq even as he admitted &quot;setbacks&quot; during a surprise Christmas Eve visit to raise the morale of US troops.
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US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld had &quot;enthusiastically&quot; accepted President George W Bush&#39;s suggestion to stay on in the post.
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John Howard says he will not step in to block the planned $8.8bn takeover of Australian national airline Qantas.
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President Bush has confidence in Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, despite accusations that he botched the Iraq war and earlier efforts by top Bush aides to replace him, the White House said on Sunday.
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Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld on  Tuesday denied lobbying behind the scenes to scuttle  intelligence reforms backed by President Bush, and said he  supports Bush's position.
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President Bush will keep Donald H. Rumsfeld as defense secretary for a second term, administration aides said yesterday, hours after Health and Human Services Secretary Tommy G. Thompson resigned
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Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld  said on Thursday he twice offered his resignation to President  Bush over the Abu Ghraib prisoner abuse scandal, but both times  was asked to stay in the job.
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US President George W. Bush has asked Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld to remain at the Pentagon and Rumsfeld has agreed, a senior administration officialsaid Friday.
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Vice President Dick Cheney says Washington will not reduce its military and financial support for Afghanistan, despite Afghan fears of such a cut-back.