"Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld defended Lt. Gen. William Boykin, the deputy undersecretary of defense for intelligence and war-fighting support, who was videotaped making a number of impolite comments about Islam. Boykin was also videotaped propounding a new theory of American electoral politics: "Why is this man [George W. Bush] in the White House?" he asked in a speech. "The majority of Americans didn't vote for him. Why is he there? And I tell you this morning that he's in the White House because God put him there for a time such as this."