In an interview with the Associated Press this afternoon, following a contentious exchange between Senate Armed Services Committee member Hillary Clinton and Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, Clinton has called for Rumsfeld's resignation. More after the fold.
From the ABC News website:
"I just don't understand why we can't get new leadership that would give us a fighting chance to turn the situation around before it's too late. I think the president should choose to accept Secretary Rumsfeld's resignation." Clinton confronted Rumsfeld directly on Iraq and Afghanistan earlier in the day, and said his answers left her convinced he should go.
"The secretary has lost credibility with the Congress and with the people. It's time for him to step down and be replaced by someone who can develop an effective strategy and communicate it effectively to the American people and to the world."
For those of you who missed the exchange, Crooks & Liars has a video of the war of the words. Rumsfeld responded to Senator Clinton in what struck me as first, a sexist manner, and second, as someone who passes the buck. Rumsfeld claimed that the decisions were made by the ground commanders in Iraq (presumably the ones who didn't get fired for telling him what they really thought), and he continued to fall lamely back on his "stuff happens" rationale as the excuse for thousands of dead Americans and Iraqis.
The ABC News article mentions, naturally, that Clinton is not backing off of her Iraq vote.