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J.C. Watts: “I think if the president felt like Secretary Rumsfeld was not doing the job, that we were not getting the job done in…”

On the recordApril 16, 2006
I think if the president felt like Secretary Rumsfeld was not doing the job, that we were not getting the job done in Iraq, I do think that he would -- he would let him go.
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J.C. Watts
Oklahoma

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J.C. Watts expresses his belief that President Bush would dismiss Rumsfeld if he felt he was not performing well in Iraq.

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