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Rumsfeld resigned on November SIXTH

Donald Rumsfeld resigned as defense secretary before last year's November election but his decision wasn't announced until after the voting, according to his resignation letter obtained by Reuters on Wednesday.





The letter was dated November 6, the day before voters, angered by Iraq, went to the polls and tossed Bush 's Republican cronies from power in Congress . According to a stamp on the letter, Bush saw it on election day. As we all know, bush didn't announce the resignation until after the election. Many Republicans blame this for their rout on that day.

Reuters obtained the letter from a U.S. official on Wednesday after the Pentagon in April said it did not have a copy. They had twice before sought access to the letter under the Freedom of Information Act but were told by the Defense Department that it did not have the letter. Defense Department spokesmen had repeatedly refused to release the resignation letter in November 2006.