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
Every day, the number of Iraqi security forces are getting bigger, and they're getting better, and they're getting more experienced,
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,
Our hope is that as we build up Iraqi forces we will be able to relieve the stress on our forces and see a reduction in coalition forces over some period of time, probably post-Iraqi election.
Our goal is to get large numbers of international forces from lots of countries, including those two,
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,
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.
We're not going to rule out anything, but we don't have any plans at the present time to use U.S. forces in that way,
We're not going to re-implement a draft. There is no need for it at all, ... The disadvantages of using compulsion to bring into the armed forces the men and women needed are notable.
We are identifying and preparing to deploy forces to replace those individuals, ... Recently I approved deployment of approximately 10,000 replacement personnel. Other units are now being identified and will be approved in the coming days.
We would intend to have forces in place to see that advantage was not taken of any temporary disorder that could conceivably occur in the conflict,
the sooner it is done, the fewer Iraqis that will be killed, the fewer Americans or coalition forces that will be killed.
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.