text: do you think the new defense secretary will be better or worse than rumsfeld? i hear this new d.s is bush's good friend. they hang out all the time. it does not sound like he has strong enough qualitfications to be the defense secretary what do you think? rumsfeld was the worst ever, can anyone be as bad? when bush expressed confidence in robert gates i cringed a bit remember such things as " great job brownie".  gates has a pretty good resume, and was briefly head of the cia. what concerns me the most is bush keeps bringing in people from past administrations. it causes me to wonder if he is unable to choose qualified people.