Lieberman replacing Rummy as Bush's Secretary of Defense???? [View All]

First let me premise that i do not have the exact quotes or a transcript to rely on for those quotes, so I'm paraphrasing based on memory. Fact checking encouraged, exact quotes and any other kinds of corrections welcomed.

This morning on Face the Nation, Bob Schieffer (in an interview with Senator John Kerry) made a point of advancing a rumor going around in Washington (apparently) that Bush is planning on appointing Joe Lieberman as Donald Rumsfeld's replacement for the Secretary of Defense position. He asked Senator Kerry to confirm it and what his thoughts were. Kerry brushed it off as Washington "inside" stuff and then made a general remark of different views (on the war) in the party.

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A few days ago, after Lieberman's pronouncements of Bush's speech before Bush had given it, I realized that Lieberman was trying to position himself for a higher office, (I thought running again for president)even though he lost miserably in the presidential primaries. It never occurred to me that he was actually positioning himself as Bush's next Secretary of Defense.

It seems to me that General Clark should have been asked, maybe he was and we don't know.

I find the prospect of Lieberman as the next Secretary Defense, interesting but I wonder if it might not be devastating to the future of the Democratic Party which is trying desperately to position itself away from the policies of W.

Then there's Lieberman reinforcing the memory that the Party supported W's positions all along. I think this is going to be very bad for the party - but I'm very afraid what it will mean for the future of the Iraq war in terms of it's ending.

What is Lieberman's military background anyway?