Well, at least he (sort of) admits that he wasn't signing them all before. And he wasn't signing them because, well, it was best for the families if he didn't because he's a busy man and didn't always have time to sign a bunch of letters in an "expeditious" manner. But now, now he will sign each and every one because he has more time or got caught dissing the families of our troops, or something like that.
CNN Story here
Snip-snip:
"Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld said he will sign each letter written to family members of service members killed in military action.
Stars and Stripes, the newspaper devoted to military news, published a statement it said Rumsfeld provided to them on the matter.
"I wrote and approved the now more than 1,000 letters sent to family members and next of kin of each of the servicemen and women killed in military action.
"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," Rumsfeld said in the statement, published in Friday's edition of the paper."
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"The secretary had been criticized for not personally signing all such letters and using mechanical signatures. Stars and Stripes quotes family members who have disliked the practice."
In a related development, Bush will continue to mourn each and every death. Oh, and he will hug. Even though mourning and hugging is hard work.