The President's News Conference
12/19/2007
https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu...
I accepted; I'm not happy about it.
I appreciated very much His Eminence's strong position against the murder of innocent life.
Robert M. Gates, of Texas, to be Secretary of Defense, vice Donald Henry Rumsfeld, resigned.
I assured him the United States supports his work and the work of the Prime Minister to unify the country.