NewsChannel 5 is reporting on the Rumsfeld situation:
http://www.newschannel5.tv/News/Other/4665/Hearings-could-take-place-soon-for-GatesThe White House is hoping that replacing Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld can help refresh US policy on the unpopular war in Iraq.
President Bush has nominated former CIA Director Robert Gates.
The chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee says he hopes to have confirmation hearings on Gates in time for the Senate to approve his nomination this year. But Senate Democratic leader Harry Reid says he has questions about Gates' ties to the Iran-Contra scandal from the Reagan administration.
On CBS' "The Early Show," Senator Joe Biden of Delaware predicted that the Senate will vote to confirm Gates as defense secretary. Biden calls Donald Rumsfeld's resignation a "positive step."
Many Iraqis, meanwhile, have cheered the move. Some blame Rumsfeld for policy failures that they say started the daily sectarian violence there.