Taking a page from Rumsfeld's book

Maybe Bolton can get a hint by looking at the way Cheney and Rummy sabotaged Kissinger 30 years ago.

Of course, nowadays, Cheney is the VP. Could complicate things a bit.

Taking a page from Rumsfeld's book - baltimoresun.com:

"Suppose you are a new White House chief of staff. One of the difficulties you face is an extraordinarily powerful, well-entrenched Cabinet secretary who enjoys the strong support of the president. What do you do? Not to be vague about it: How should Joshua B. Bolten, who is driving to reshape the Bush administration, deal with Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld, who is fast becoming a political liability and may resist any serious change of direction? "