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Nope but Cap Weinberger sure as heck was.

Both were great Secetaries. You can argue the merits of each but they faced very different challenges and political and international environments. I probably like Rummy better because he had a personality that was toxic to the libs. His easy sense of confidence and faith in our mission, well, Cap Weinberger was just as smart but somehow didn't really convey that sort of vice-Commander-In-Chief thing that Rummy has had.

Rummy was more visibly a wartime secretary than Weinberger, perhaps. And he was more comfortable with the media. OTOH, Cap never had a solid GOP congress so he had to be more careful in public so we just didn't know him as well as Rummy.

Personally, I think it's best for Rummy to go. I don't like the thought of a bunch of Dim gnats and media leeches slowly chewing him to death and trying to humiliate and assassinate his character for the next two years. The old warrior deserves better than that.

I probably like Rummy better because he had a personality that was toxic to the libs.

I was beginning my active duty as Rummy was leaving his first tenure as Sec of Defense. When his name came up as Bush's choice for Sec of Defense I didn't think he was best choice.

Cap despite having to deal with DEMs helped end the Cold War no SEc of Def post WW2 can top that one. He took the United States Military to a level of readiness and pride it had not seen since WW2. The 1976 military was in bad shape. It was items Secretary of Defense could have and should have addressed but did not which was morale and discipline. If you wanted out of the service {remember it was volunteer at that point} you simply went back home and waited 31 days and reported to any nearby base for processing out. I know it was Post Nam but there was no excuse for that extreme.

Like I said the only thing Carter did right military wise was his later appointed Sec of the Navy. He began the process of restoring pride, discipline, morale, and much needed tradition back into the Navy. It was actually looking up in late 1980 despite the Iranian Crisis. Again I'm talking Navy wise. Not one carrier flunked INSURV nor Light Offs. We answered the bells.