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
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,
I'll just simply say they do have weapons of mass destruction, ... And the purpose of the U.N. resolution, of course, is for them to allow inspectors in and allow inspectors to make some conclusions.
I'll guess that when this is over, that this probably will prove to have been the change of hands with the least loss of life in modern memory in that country -- but there will be loss of life.
I know of no one more qualified to follow in Tom Franks' very large footsteps,
I honestly believe that these two are particularly bad characters and that it's important for the Iraqi people to see them, to know they are gone, to know they are dead and to know they are not coming back,
I have seen the answer to that question migrate in the intelligence community over a period of a year in the most amazing way.
I have said what my convictions and beliefs are, and they are those that have been expressed by the president. To the extent they are in conflict with the views of anyone in this department, then they are in conflict with the views of anyone in this department.
I have no idea what the reaction of members of the council will be. I have been careful to say it's not for me to make those judgments. It's up to the Security Council and individual members to come to conclusions,
I have not seen the tape. I do not know if that is on the tape.. whether or not he was dead or alive when whatever took place did take place, ... It seems to me that one ought to be willing to allow some time to pass over something like this so that the people who are looking at these things can come to some conclusions.
in a manner that is reasonably consistent with the Geneva Conventions, to the extent they are appropriate.
I'm not sure I should have said that, ... Let's pretend I didn't say that.
If there's anything that's clear in the 21st century it's that the world needs peacekeepers,
They have to do it for themselves, ... There isn't an Iraqi that comes into this country and visits with me that doesn't say that. They know that. They know that they're the ones that are going to have to grab that country, and it's time.