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
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.
They've got a peaceful way to change that government -- through the constitution, through the elections. These people aren't trying to promote something other than disorder and to take over that country and turn it into a caliphate and then spread it around the world.
They undoubtedly come through Syria and they come through Iran, probably, and through other countries to be available for tasks that he has in mind, ... And money comes in as well.
and I know for a fact that in a number of cases the coordination is quite good.
Throughout human history there have been those who seek power through fear and mass murder, ... But eventually all of them - every one - has fallen.
vehicles operating without appropriate armor in areas outside of protected compounds.
We are at some distance from effectively finishing the task.
There are countries like Paraguay and others, their neighboring countries, they're all interested in being able to grow and function in a manner that's free of external influence and to do things in ways that fit their history and their circumstance,
there are certain things taking place from the air and things from time to time being coordinated with the ground.
We're in a war. We've got serious business to be doing,
We stand ready to assist Georgia in the period ahead,
We're not going to rule out anything, but we don't have any plans at the present time to use U.S. forces in that way,