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 are still in the early stages of evaluating intelligence data that is available, and we will continue to do that throughout the day,
You may see things that appear to be coordinated in a particular area that are not coordinated throughout the entire country.
These proposals have nothing to do with that, ... These proposals have to do with organizational arrangements within the Department of Defense that put a focus on the important issues relating to space which have been spread throughout the department in a way that has made it difficult to get the right kind of focus and the right kind of emphasis.
It's an unfortunate fact of war that inevitably innocent civilians are killed. This has been true throughout the history of warfare and it remains true even in this age of advanced technology and precision-guided munitions,
Throughout human history there have been those who seek power through fear and mass murder, ... But eventually all of them - every one - has fallen.
We have broad and deep evidence that suggests that there are people going through that decision-making process throughout that country today, and that is a good thing,
increase the number of special operations forces available for missions worldwide, while expanding their capabilities in some key areas.
It's not going to take years, and it's not going to take days. It'll take some months. And then we will go back to the president with our recommendations as to what we believe are the priorities and what needs to be done,
It's not an effort against the Afghan people, ... Indeed, we are providing humanitarian assistance.
not the first major battle, and certainly won't be the last.
Syria's been on the terrorist list for years,
They have to do it for themselves, ... There isn't an Iraqi that comes into this country and visits with me that doesn't say that. They know that. They know that they're the ones that are going to have to grab that country, and it's time.
They know where the bank accounts are, they know the names of the people who were trained, they know the sleeper cells that exist around the world,
I'm not going to talk about what we might or might not do, ... You can be absolutely certain we will not allow our aircraft to continue to be shot at with impunity. We intend to respond.