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 certainly would not have estimated that we would have had the number of individuals lost that we have had lost in the last week,
I can't speak to how valid it might have been at that time. But it seems to me the information is collected, is collated, and judgments are made and warnings are issued
The idea of embedding a press pool into that group seems to me to be outside of the realm of reasonableness,
The important fact is ... that every day, every week, every month the Iraqi security forces are larger, they're better equipped, they're better trained and they're more experienced. And that is the central fact,
The impression that's left around the world is that we plan to occupy the country, we plan to use their bases over the long period of time, and it's flat false, ... We went in there to change a regime, we went in there to find weapons of mass destruction, we went in there to stop them from threatening their neighbors, and we have said precisely what we're there for, and it's not what that article says.
The differences are so notable that it would take too long to list them,
agreed to findings and recommendations to strengthen the alliance and reduce the impact of the U.S. military on local communities.
And so I guess I don't find it notable.
All the elements -- counter-terrorism, counter-insurgency, economic development and counter-narcotics are an integral part of an final solution.
All the instructions I issued required humane treatment, ... Anything that was done that was not humane has been prosecuted.
And as I understand it, the Judiciary Committee preferred to have an open hearing on a classified matter, and therefore the department declined to participate in an open hearing on a classified matter,
And by the same token, we've got to keep our eye on the ball, and the ball is trying to protect the American people from additional terrorist attacks and try to track down the folks that are planning threats against our country, here and abroad.
And as the White House indicated, has had the effect of poisoning the relationship.
And I feel it was the right decision and I'm glad I made it.