WASHINGTON — Presumptive Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry said Wednesday any number of people, including Republicans Sen. John McCain and Sen. John Warner, could replace Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld , rejecting concerns that a change in Pentagon leadership could hurt the war effort.
"If America has reached a point where only one person has the ability in our great democracy to manage the Pentagon and to continue or to put in place a better policy even, we're in deeper trouble than you think," Kerry told broadcaster Don Imus. "I don't accept that. I just don't accept that. I think that's an excuse. The fact is that we need a change in policy."
Asked who he would put in place as defense secretary, Kerry first named McCain, R-Ariz., and then listed Sen. Carl Levin, D-Mich., Warner, R-Va., and William Perry, who served as defense secretary under President Clinton.
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