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
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You cannot defend against terrorists by hunkering down, ... You simply must go after them. That is the only proper defense is an offense.
We wanted to be here and meet with the senior leadership in this country because we value their advice, we value their counsel and we recognize that this is a campaign, a war, a battle against a problem that crosses the globe,
When one looks back on this effort, I think and pray that what will be significant is that a large number of human beings, intelligent and energetic, have been liberated,
There are many teams of people out looking at the sites that we're aware of, ... But, as I say, I don't think we're going to just stumble over something. I think people are going to come up finally, and say, 'Here's what happened. Here's what they've done,' and already there are things that have been related to us that have been helpful.
Simply because you do not have evidence that something exists does not mean that you have evidence that it doesn't exist.
We are engaged in a test of wills. And to the extent that the American people are subjected to a constant series of negative things or disappointing things or problems as opposed to a balanced impression of what's taking place in that country, it has to be discouraging to anyone reading what is read or said.
The president's point was there are some things that are of sufficient magnitude that they require something to substitute for the overwhelmed first responders at the state and local level,
find Iraqis who can assist in providing police support in those cities and various types of stabilizing and security assistance.
Externally, they appear to be weapons of mass destruction, ... But until we get into them, look at them, analyze it, find out what it was, we're not going to know.
need to be very careful about what they say.
It is true we don't have any ground forces such as (the amount in) World War II or the Gulf War, but nor have we ruled that out,
It's less important to have unanimity than it is to be making the right decisions and doing the right thing, even though at the outset it may seem lonesome,
It's safe to say that Pakistan has been very cooperative.