[Digger]

Colin just needs to clean house - he has staff there who are undermining his position.

This is my point. Sure he should do this but that's the trap that the sheeple fall into. He could do this in an instant. Why doesn't he? It's the "Potomac two-step". Say one thing - do another & keep this corrupt government in the hands of the elites at the expense of us taxpayers.

[Miss Marple]

Digger, have you no understanding of the Civil Service laws? Powell cannot simply fire career employees. Donald Rumsfeld is arguing for getting rid of these laws in the Pentagon, and he is receiving stiff opposition from the unions and the democrats. It will take a law passed by Congress to revamp the Pentagon's employees. The same would be the case for State.