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
Our goal is to get large numbers of international forces from lots of countries, including those two,
China of course is expanding its missile forces and enabling those forces to reach many areas of the world well beyond the Pacific region,
an obligation to assist in providing security, and the coalition forces are doing that. They're patrolling in various cities. Where they see looting, they're stopping it.
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.
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 Coalition of Iraqi forces have completed the move for all practical purposes from the north to the south. They are operating in one way or another in much, if not all, parts of the city at the present time.
The more troops you have, the more targets you have, and the more people you might get killed. The more troops you have, the more of an occupying power you are, the heavier footprint, the more force protection you need, the more logistics you need and the more intrusive you are on the people of that country.
They had forces in flow that would have been able to increase a substantial number above the ultimate 150,000 that went into Iraq.
As conditions on the ground there permit and require, obviously the commanders on the ground will recommend that coalition forces and US forces pare down as responsibility is transferred to Iraqis,
Every day, the number of Iraqi security forces are getting bigger, and they're getting better, and they're getting more experienced,
problem that's faced by police forces in every major city in our country - that criminals infiltrate and sign up to join the police force.
The US decided to reduce its forces from three brigades to two brigades.
The important fact is ... that every day, every week, every month the Iraqi security forces are larger, they're better equipped, they're better trained and they're more experienced. And that is the central fact,
Our hope is that as we build up Iraqi forces we will be able to relieve the stress on our forces and see a reduction in coalition forces over some period of time, probably post-Iraqi election.