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
Personally I'm hopeful that they do play a role,
I wish we could say ... that this is a time for peaceful remembrance, that we were gathering today to commemorate a danger that had long since past, ... ... But we cannot. The enemy, though seriously weakened and continuously under pressure, continues to plot attacks and the danger they pose to the free world is real and present.
Let me be clear. We have the forces, the capabilities and the intention to fully prosecute the global war on terror while responding to this unprecedented humanitarian crisis here at home,
let down their comrades, and they let down their country.
So I think we'll see the coalition forces being able to pare down,
So I remain inexpert on precisely what he said, and I'm told he used notes and not text,
So if a mistake was made, a mistake was made, but it was made with our people on the ground, with eyes on the target,
should be a period of significant transition to full Iraqi sovereignty.
sit down with the Russians in a way that's rational, and professional, and we don't intend to violate the treaty.
Since no nation threatens China, one must wonder: Why this growing investment?
much closer to the beginning than the end.
Imagine, a September 11 with weapons of mass destruction. It's not 3,000. It's tens of thousands of innocent men, women and children.
I have been highly criticized for not rushing to judgment and criticizing words that I've never even seen,
I have been doing a number of things with respect to national security and foreign policy issues in the intervening years, and I look forward to it, ... I really do. It's a fine institution, and there are wonderful people there.