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
It's important that they stay with their timetable
I think what you are seeing is the Iraqi people, for the first time, wrestling with very tough, fundamental issues that are important to them, to their future, reflecting the history of the country. They've been proceeding in a very orderly, peaceful way,
agreed to findings and recommendations to strengthen the alliance and reduce the impact of the U.S. military on local communities.
I certainly would not have estimated that we would have had the number of individuals lost that we have had lost in the last week,
The area of the country he is operating in and the tribes he is in contact with are obviously the dominant population in the country so that whole element has a big role to play in both the operations and the post-Taliban government,
Sometimes he would be staying in motion in vehicles. Sometimes those vehicles were taxicabs, ... And sometimes he spent, again, three or four hours in a taxicab that was not a taxicab; it didn't have the meter running.
These events occurred on my watch, ... As secretary of defense, I am accountable for them and I take full responsibility.
sit down with the Russians in a way that's rational, and professional, and we don't intend to violate the treaty.
Commanders on the ground are the ones that are making the recommendations,
I share your hopes and expectations for the Department of Defense and for the armed forces of the United States of America, ... I am an enthusiastic supporter of those goals.
I think looking for a peaceful Iraq after the elections would be a mistake, ... I think our expectations level ought to be realistic about that. These folks have a lot to lose.
differences as to who should be in command of what, differences as to where forces should be reinforced or not reinforced, differences as to where supplies should go.
The challenges of the new century aren't nearly as predictable as they were during the Cold War, ... Our challenge is to defend cities and infrastructure from new forms of attacks.
I agreed only with the fact that some people talk like that and that Vice President Agnew should not have used or thought such derogatory and offensive and unfair and insensitive things about minorities.