Donald Rumsfeld
Donald Rumsfeld
Donald Henry Rumsfeldis an American politician and businessman. Rumsfeld served as the 13th Secretary of Defense from 1975 to 1977 under President Gerald Ford, and as the 21st Secretary of Defense from 2001 to 2006 under President George W. Bush. He is both the youngest and the second oldestperson to have served as Secretary of Defense. Additionally, Rumsfeld was a three-term U.S. Congressman from Illinois, Director of the Office of Economic Opportunity, Counsellor to the President, the United States Permanent...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth9 July 1932
CityEvanston, IL
CountryUnited States of America
I would characterize it as an isolated problem.
If these are released to the public, obviously it's going to make matters worse, ... I mean, I looked at them last night, and they're hard to believe.
I have every confidence that they (Iraqis) will end up voting on a new constitution on October the 15th when they had originally planned to do so,
I don't know why anyone would use the word inevitable, ... It clearly is not inevitable.
One might be he is not physically able, because he is injured in some way, ... Another might be because if he is afraid if he does it, he will get caught.
One always tries to help those that are grieving understand the importance of what their sons and daughters have been doing.
One would assume days, not weeks or months, ... I'd be reluctant to be any more precise than that.
One thing would be to have less shelling, another might be to have more talking.
More -- much more -- will be asked of you in the weeks and months ahead. This is especially true of those who are in the field.
I’m not a doctor and I’m not the kind of a person who would be in a position to approve or disapprove. It seems to me, looking at it from this distance, is that the responsible people are the combatant commanders. And the Army is the executive agent for detainees.
But we don't go out and say something inaccurate about it. You lose so much more if, in fact, people cannot believe what you're saying.
China of course is expanding its missile forces and enabling those forces to reach many areas of the world well beyond the Pacific region,
China and the US share a complex relationship and despite notable differences, we still have a great deal in common,
People who are willing to risk their lives need to know the truth, ... They need to understand that they are there based on decisions that were made in good faith, by responsible people, and that this world is going to be a lot better off with Saddam Hussein gone and with that country on a path toward democracy.