[[Donald Rumsfeld]] stepped down
    [[Eric Shinseki]] was a critic of Rumsfeld that had to step down over the disagreement
    [[Robert Gates]] set to replace him
        - he served under [[Brent Scowcroft]] in Bush 41...  eg. this is the fall of the influence
          of [[neoconservatism]], and the rise of the more successful Bush 41 advisors