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
And as I understand it, the Judiciary Committee preferred to have an open hearing on a classified matter, and therefore the department declined to participate in an open hearing on a classified matter,
Iran is one of the countries that is -- in our view -- assessed as developing a nuclear capability, and that's unfortunate,
Insofar as I am aware, we have gotten everything from Saudi Arabia that we have asked them to do. I have been in touch with the Saudi leadership, and there is no question they are our friends.
The likelihood of it seems to be so low that it does not surprise me that it's never been discussed in my presence,
One thing would be to have less shelling, another might be to have more talking.
It was pretty clear to me it ought to have been canceled, so I did so, ... Even if it had been a brilliant idea, which I doubt, it would not have been able to function in the environment that it was created.
If there's anything that's clear in the 21st century it's that the world needs peacekeepers,
Obviously it's something that one has to be attentive to and be concerned about, but I haven't seen anything to suggest that the risk is greater today than it was yesterday or the day before.
I also had an opportunity to tour the beautiful Summer Palace which provided a glimpse of the extraordinary history of your country. I was most impressed to see literally hundreds of visitors from your country, but also from nations all across the globe, including the United States.
reminding participants of the sacrifices of this generation and of each previous generation that have so successfully defended our freedoms.
All the elements -- counter-terrorism, counter-insurgency, economic development and counter-narcotics are an integral part of an final solution.
Oh, I wouldn't go down that road myself,
I don't think that I would characterize what's going on in Iran as a democratic system, ... I don't think I would say that it fits the principles that I've just indicated. I think there are an awful lot of people in Iran who feel that that small group of clerics that determine what takes place in that country is not their idea of how they want to live their lives.
The strategy is working, and we should stick to it,