How Quickly Things Change...

Only about a month ago, President Clinton nominated Bobby Ray Inman to be % Secretary of Defense. Here's what people were saying about him then:

Representative Ronald Dellums (Democrat, California), House Armed Services Committee chairman: "A very clear and brilliant thinker."

Senator Robert Dole (Republican, Kansas): "A very good person for the job."

Lawrence Korb a Reagan-era Pentagon official: "One of the smartest people I've ever met, and one of the neatest too. He'll make the trains run on time."

Senator John McCain (Republican, Arizona): "The best-qualified man I know and probably the most brilliant military officer I have known."

Representative Dave McCurdy (Democrat, Oklahoma): "A perfect choice."

Senator John Warner (Republican, Virginia): "An absolutely superb choice."