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 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.
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.
the sooner it is done, the fewer Iraqis that will be killed, the fewer Americans or coalition forces that will be killed.
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,
Today, history is being written by the valiant men and women of America's armed forces and by determined citizens who will do all they can to win this test of wills ? for that is what it is ? to keep our children from experiencing the heartbreak and terror of Sept. 11,
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,
China of course is expanding its missile forces and enabling those forces to reach many areas of the world well beyond the Pacific region,
It is true we don't have any ground forces such as (the amount in) World War II or the Gulf War, but nor have we ruled that out,
Even with the large and growing number of forces on the Iraqi border, Gen. Franks achieved something seemingly impossible: a tactical surprise,
The US decided to reduce its forces from three brigades to two brigades.
We've always known that there are people who've tried to infiltrate the various security forces and get to close access to places they ought not to be. There's nothing new about that that I know of.