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
does not reflect the strategic realities of today.
Does it mean I was snubbing somebody? No,
Don't begin to think you're the President. You're not. The Constitution provides for only one.
Congress has overnight responsibilities and certainly that's perfectly appropriate,
Even with the large and growing number of forces on the Iraqi border, Gen. Franks achieved something seemingly impossible: a tactical surprise,
that in our country, no one is above the law -- that we are a nation governed by laws.
Oh, I wouldn't go down that road myself,
No, I wouldn't use the word 'threat.' I'm from Chicago. If you're going to cock it, you'd better throw it.
Not all countries are the same size, or have the same needs,
No terrorist state poses a greater or more immediate threat to our security than Iraq,
It was pretty clear to me it ought to have been canceled, so I did so, ... Even if it had been a brilliant idea, which I doubt, it would not have been able to function in the environment that it was created.
It was pretty clear that he was dissembling,
It's not going to take years, and it's not going to take days. It'll take some months. And then we will go back to the president with our recommendations as to what we believe are the priorities and what needs to be done,
It's not an effort against the Afghan people, ... Indeed, we are providing humanitarian assistance.