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Rumsfeld Memo Proposed ‘Major Adjustment’ in Iraq By MICHAEL R. GORDON and DAVID S. CLOUD WASHINGTON, Dec. 2 — Two days before he resigned as defense secretary, Donald H. Rumsfeld submitted a classified memo to the White House that acknowledged that the Bush administration’s strategy in Iraq was not working and called for a major course correction. “In my view it is time for a major adjustment,” wrote Mr. Rumsfeld, who has been a symbol of a dogged stay-the-course policy. “Clearly, what U.S. forces are currently doing in Iraq is not working well enough or fast enough.” Nor did Mr....

BOISE - Some call it Rathergate or Memogate. Whatever they call it, viewers are calling us. At KBCI studios in downtown Boise, the reception desk is flooded with phone calls and General Manager Jeff Anderson, who runs both KBCI and KIDK in eastern Idaho, says he's got mail, hundreds of e-mails, all overwhelmingly negative. "So close to the election, 60 Minutes and CBS has really struck a nerve with a lot of people," Anderson said. And a lot of people are taking it out on us, a proud CBS affiliate for more than 50 years. Here are some e-mails samples:...

WASHINGTON (Talon News) -- Mary Mapes, a Dallas-based producer for CBS, has been identified by Talon News sources as the person who obtained the documents that suggest President George W. Bush did not fulfill his National Guard obligations 30 years ago. The documents, which have been judged to be forgeries by many news services and forensics experts, are at the center of a scandal that threatens the credibility of the network. Late Friday, CBS spokesperson Kelli Edwards confirmed to Talon News that it was Mapes that obtained the documents (view documents here), but refused to comment on the questions surrounding...