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
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 important to have metrics, it's also important to have the right metrics and not be misled by metrics -- as has happened in some other conflicts,
It's impossible ... to defend in every location against every conceivable kind of attack at every time of the day or night,
It's important that they stay with their timetable
As you know, you have to go to war with the Army you have, not the Army you want.
The investigation will determine that, but I've heard no indication that there was any conspiracy,
The insurgency could go on for any number of years,
It was a decision that was made, ... and, in my view, was absolutely the right decision.
It turns out that we have not found weapons of mass destruction. And does everyone know he had them at one point? Certainly. Does everyone believe -- even those in the U.N. who voted the other way -- acknowledge the fact that he had filed a fraudulent declaration with the United Nations?