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
I think it's interesting that other countries wonder why they would be increasing their defense effort at the pace they are and yet not acknowledging it, ... That is as interesting as the fact that it's increasing at the pace it is.
I think it's important to think of the setting six months ago, ... Six months ago, the Iraqis refused to have inspectors in their country. They were ignoring 16 resolutions of the United Nations.
I think it's reasonable to expect that violence could, again, increase for a time, as it did during the last elections,
It is not over and it will end
It is not our statement. It is his statement, ... He has put out a statement. And that is what it is. Nothing more, nothing less.
I think that will save American lives and save coalition lives and be a great benefit to the Iraqi people to be free of that,
It is important to go after the air defenses of the Taliban, and their aircraft, ... We are also targeting the command facilities of terrorist forces.
I will be talking about the changed circumstance in the world and our recognition that with those changes it's important that the United States as well as the NATO alliance adjust to those changes,
I will be 85 before it's finished, I'm afraid,
I will answer that one question, ... The president has stated what the policy is, the secretary of state has stated it, and I have stated it. And it's all exactly the same, so I think the stories that have been playing are just inaccurate and mischievous.
Reports that say that something hasn't happened are always interesting to me, because as we know, there are known knowns; there are things we know we know. We also know there are known unknowns; that is to say we know there are some things we do no know. But there are also unknown unknowns -- the ones we don't know we don't know
reminding participants of the sacrifices of this generation and of each previous generation that have so successfully defended our freedoms.
reduce the chances that the U.S. has to track down and deal with the people...who have killed so many Americans.
For the senior leadership, there is no way out ... their fate has been sealed by their actions.