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
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,
They have engaged in a number of such raids and have been successful in at least nine that I know of, ... They intend to proceed in an orderly way.
They know and we know that the systems that are being discussed are not in any way relevant to the Russians' nuclear force,
does not reflect the strategic realities of today.
The terrorists won't win. The Iraqi people will win,
Sometimes they might use a word that I might not, or sometimes they might use a word that they won't again,
It is our task to see that that doesn't happen,
They undoubtedly come through Syria and they come through Iran, probably, and through other countries to be available for tasks that he has in mind, ... And money comes in as well.
I am very impressed, Mr. Secretary, about how quickly we have responded and the assets that you have ordered deployed to help these people.
our department doesn't do that kind of thing.
I have seen the answer to that question migrate in the intelligence community over a period of a year in the most amazing way.
China and the US share a complex relationship and despite notable differences, we still have a great deal in common,