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Michael T. Klare writes: "There are many reasons why President George W. Bush might have wanted to replace Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld with Robert M. Gates: To distance himself from the current military disaster in Iraq, to make the adoption of a new Iraqi strategy easier, to prevent further disunity within the military, or to clear the path for a revival of Republican fortunes in the 2008 elections." He continues, "...on a deeper level, the move can also be read as signaling a momentous shift in America's global posture - from imperial offense to imperial defense."

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