BACKGROUND
Rumsfeld heads the federal agency that manages the U.S. military services and its installations in 146 countries, one of the world's largest enterprises. The Department of Defense manages over 600,000 facilities, has over 2 million employees and a budget of $371 billion. He held the same position in President Ford's Administration. Rumsfeld has been C.E.O of major corporations in the pharaceutical and telecom industries. He also served as Congressman from Illinois for 4 terms.

PREMISE OF THE SUIT
SPADES are members of President George W. Bush's Administration, either Cabinet members or Advisors. The departments they lead implement the rules and policies established by the Administration as well as by the laws passed by the U.S. Congress, the House of Representatives and the Senate. They are in power as appointees of the President who is in office because of the choices made in the 2000 Presidential election by the voters and the U.S. Supreme Court.

LINKS
www.dod.gov/bios/secdef_bio.html
www.whitehouse.gov/government/cabinet.html