ABC News: Sen. Clinton Says Rumsfeld Should Resign

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ABC News: Sen. Clinton Says Rumsfeld Should Resign:

WASHINGTON - Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton called Thursday for the resignation of Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, hours after excoriating him at a public hearing over what she said was a 'failed policy' in Iraq.

'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,' the New York Democrat told the Associated Press. '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 months, Clinton has resisted joining the chorus of other Democrats demanding Rumsfeld's ouster. Her remarks Thursday were the harshest assessment yet from the woman considered her party's early front-runner for the 2008 presidential nomination.

The former first lady has come under attack from some in her own party for her 2002 vote for the war and her current opposition to a deadline for U.S. troop withdrawal.

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