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
We will stay as long as necessary to help you do that, and not a day longer.... Let me be clear: Iraq belongs to you,
We need your help to capture the rest of them, ... We also need to get rid of foreign fighters, those from neighboring countries who are seeking to hijack your country for their own purposes.
We, needless to say, do not want to leave abruptly in a way that could inject an instability in this situation, which is why we're working with the interim government to see if we can be helpful in getting their army going and up to speed,
What we will be doing at NATO is trying to help people connect the dots before something happens rather than afterwards.
One always tries to help those that are grieving understand the importance of what their sons and daughters have been doing.
They are currently functioning independently of the tribes ... and they are doing things that are helpful to our side and unhelpful to the other side,
As a result, we have some folks in that country that have been working with the government and helping them think through ways of doing things,
is committed to helping you as you take control of your country and make the transition from tyranny to freedom and self-government.
helping bring the people of Iraq to a great future.
Our military is making a significant difference in providing relief and aid and help and compassion for those who have suffered,
I am very impressed, Mr. Secretary, about how quickly we have responded and the assets that you have ordered deployed to help these people.
We have to expect that global terrorist networks that we know are trying to get these weapons will in fact be successful at some time in the future,
What's happened is amazing for the speed with which it was executed, but also for all the things that did not happen, all the bad things that could have happened, because of that speed,
I've thought about it. And, over the weekend, I thought to myself, you know, that gives them a greater legitimacy than they seem to merit,