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
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,
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.
Who said that? I certainly did not say that. How could you even ask that question when it was the Iraqi regime that ignored 16 resolutions of the U.N. over a period of many years.
Success will only occur if there's progress on the political front so that the Iraqi people see that in fact it is their country. It is a sovereign nation. They are in control of it,
With each passing day, the Iraqi regime is losing control over more of the country,
would signal the Iraqi regime that they can continue their violations of the U.N. resolutions.
find Iraqis who can assist in providing police support in those cities and various types of stabilizing and security assistance.
Every day, the number of Iraqi security forces are getting bigger, and they're getting better, and they're getting more experienced,
should be a period of significant transition to full Iraqi sovereignty.
the sooner it is done, the fewer Iraqis that will be killed, the fewer Americans or coalition forces that will be killed.
The terrorists won't win. The Iraqi people will win,
Saddam Hussein is now taking his rightful place alongside Hitler, Stalin, Lenin, Ceausescu in the pantheon of failed brutal dictators, and the Iraqi people are well on their way to freedom,
The one thing everyone's agreed upon for sure is that we simply have to keep increasing the number of Iraqis that are involved in the security side,
Baghdad is bustling with commerce. Universities and hospitals are open for business, ... A free press is flourishing, Iraqi banks have started taking applications for small business loans so Iraqi entrepreneurs can create jobs.