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On the recordApril 12, 2006
It's well known, because I was asked a direct question about my confidence in Secretary Rumsfeld, that I do not have confidence. But that does not mean that I'm calling for his removal, because that's what the president of the United States' job is.
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John McCain
Republican · Arizona

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John McCain expresses his lack of confidence in Rumsfeld but refrains from calling for his removal.

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