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Donald Rumsfeld (9 July 1932 – 29 June 2021) was the 21st United States Secretary of Defense, serving from 2001 to 2006, succeeded by Robert Gates. He also served as the 13th Defense Secretary in 1975–1977 under President Ford, and in other roles under various presidents.
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It is easier to get into something than to get out of it.
I don't believe anyone that I know in the administration ever said that Iraq had nuclear weapons.
And there is, I am certain, among the Iraqi people a respect for the care and the precision that went into the bombing campaign.
There will be good moments, and there will be less good moments.
The absence of evidence is not evidence of absence, or vice versa.
Pieces of intelligence, scraps of intelligence...you run down leads and you run down leads, and you hope that sometimes it works.
Let's hear it for the essential daily briefing, however hollow and empty it might be. We'll do it.
I stand for 8-10 hours a day. Why is standing limited to four hours?
Then there are three or four countries that have said they won't do anything. I believe Libya, Cuba and Germany are ones that have indicated they won't help in any respect.
The natural state of man is to want to be free. To have opportunities. To have choices.
It recalls to mind the statement by Winston Churchill, something to the effect that: I have benefited greatly from criticism, and at no time have I suffered a lack thereof.
It's a difficult thing today to be informed about our government even without all the secrecy.
After he saw what happened to Saddam Hussein, he (Gaddafi) did not want to be Saddam Hussein. He gave up his nuclear program.
Oh, Lord. I didn't mean to say anything quotable.
Be able to resign. It will improve your value to the President and do wonders for your performance.
Make decisions about the President's personal security. He can overrule you, but don't ask him to be the one to counsel caution.
I can't tell you if the use of force in Iraq today would last five days, or five weeks, or five months, but it certainly isn't going to last any longer than that.
And the only way there's going to be followers, is if the leader is doing things that have merit, that are persuasive to others. Why else would someone follow somebody if they didn't think the individual was doing something worthwhile, going in the right direction?
I'm not into this detail stuff. I'm more concepty.
Reports that say that something hasn't happened are always interesting to me, because as we know, there are known knowns; there are things we know we know.
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