Guardian: Signature row turns up heat on Rumsfeld

The pressure on the beleaguered US defence secretary, Donald Rumsfeld, intensified yesterday and threatened to taint his main supporter in Washington, George Bush.

David Hackworth, a retired US army colonel turned writer, reported that Mr Rumsfeld had used a mechanical signature writer to sign his name on letters of condolence to relatives of soldiers killed in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Although the charge was initially denied by the Pentagon, Mr Rumsfeld issued a statement on Thursday acknowledging the practice and promising to halt it.

“While I have not individually signed each one, in the interest of ensuring expeditious contact with grieving family members, I have directed that in the future I sign each letter,” Mr Rumsfeld said in the statement. Guardian

He cannot be bothered to sign a couple of letters each day? Is he afraid to face the grim reality of putting his name under the text that informs someone a beloved one died in a military action he spearheaded?

That right there is what is wrong with this administration: While touting “support for the troops” all day long but cannot be bothered to sign his name.

The pressure on the beleaguered US defence secretary, Donald Rumsfeld, intensified yesterday and threatened to taint his main supporter in Washington, George Bush.

David Hackworth, a retired US army colonel turned writer, reported that Mr Rumsfeld had used a mechanical signature writer to sign his name on letters of condolence to relatives of soldiers killed in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Although the charge was initially denied by the Pentagon, Mr Rumsfeld issued a statement on Thursday acknowledging the practice and promising to halt it.

“While I have not individually signed each one, in the interest of ensuring expeditious contact with grieving family members, I have directed that in the future I sign each letter,” Mr Rumsfeld said in the statement.
Guardian

He cannot be bothered to sign a couple of letters each day? Is he afraid to face the grim reality of putting his name under the text that informs someone a beloved one died in a military action he spearheaded?

That right there is what is wrong with this administration. Touting “support for the troops” all day long but cannot be bothered to sign his name. What a bastard.