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
increase the number of special operations forces available for missions worldwide, while expanding their capabilities in some key areas.
The US decided to reduce its forces from three brigades to two brigades.
Every day, the number of Iraqi security forces are getting bigger, and they're getting better, and they're getting more experienced,
differences as to who should be in command of what, differences as to where forces should be reinforced or not reinforced, differences as to where supplies should go.
Different restrictions on national forces makes it enormously difficult for commanders to have the flexibility to function,
I share your hopes and expectations for the Department of Defense and for the armed forces of the United States of America, ... I am an enthusiastic supporter of those goals.
This decision is not about any one weapon system, but merely about a strategy of warfare, a strategy that drives the choices that we must make about how best to prepare our total forces for the future,
As conditions on the ground there permit and require, obviously the commanders on the ground will recommend that coalition forces and US forces pare down as responsibility is transferred to Iraqis,
an obligation to assist in providing security, and the coalition forces are doing that. They're patrolling in various cities. Where they see looting, they're stopping it.
the sooner it is done, the fewer Iraqis that will be killed, the fewer Americans or coalition forces that will be killed.
problem that's faced by police forces in every major city in our country - that criminals infiltrate and sign up to join the police force.
China of course is expanding its missile forces and enabling those forces to reach many areas of the world well beyond the Pacific region,
So I think we'll see the coalition forces being able to pare down,
We're committed to staying -- as long as necessary with as many forces as necessary to successfully complete the mission,