{"id":1784,"date":"2007-05-16T11:26:09","date_gmt":"2007-05-16T17:26:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/impeach_bush_blog\/?p=1784"},"modified":"2018-04-07T00:46:18","modified_gmt":"2018-04-07T06:46:18","slug":"rumsfelds-resignation-letter-remains-elusive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/2007\/05\/rumsfelds-resignation-letter-remains-elusive\/","title":{"rendered":"Rumsfeld&#8217;s Resignation Letter Remains Elusive"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/rumsfeld-viper-style1-7406881.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style='float: left; margin: 0px 15px 15px 0px; width: 250px;' src=\"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/rumsfeld-viper-style1-7406881.thumbnail.jpg\" align=\"left\" \/><\/a>Reuters<\/p>\n<p>The Bush administration is keeping a tight hold on Donald Rumsfeld&#8217;s resignation letter nearly five months after the former defense secretary and Iraq war manager stepped down.<\/p>\n<p>The Pentagon says it does not have a copy, and the White House office likely to hold the letter is not subject to the law that allows the public to seek release of government documents, the Freedom of Information Act or FOIA .<\/p>\n<p>A defense official, who declined to be identified publicly, on Tuesday chalked up the close hold on Rumsfeld&#8217;s letter to the existence of few copies.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I suspect there&#8217;s only one copy of that and it went to the president,&#8221; the official said.<\/p>\n<p>Reuters filed FOIA requests for the letter with the Pentagon and White House.<\/p>\n<p>(Original Article)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reuters The Bush administration is keeping a tight hold on Donald Rumsfeld&#8217;s resignation letter nearly five months after the former defense secretary and Iraq war manager stepped down. 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