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Preserve the President's options. He may need them.
Donald Rumsfeld
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Donald Rumsfeld
Age: 88 †
Born: 1932
Born: July 9
Died: 2021
Died: June 29
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Former U.S. Secretary Of Defense
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Donald Henry Rumsfeld
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I think we ought to have a new rule: You can ask two questions, and then we can pick the one we want to answer.
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Most US presidents since World War II have led military actions without a declaration of war by Congress, though most, if not all, have properly consulted and sought support from Congress. That is the wise thing to do.
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It's a difficult thing today to be informed about our government even without all the secrecy.
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When cutting staff at the Pentagon, don't eliminate the thin layer that assures civilian control.
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They may have had time to destroy them, and I don't know the answer.
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Remember where you came from.
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Reduce the layers of management. They put distance between the top of an organization and the customers.
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I didn't advocate invasion...I wasn't asked.
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First rule of politics: you can't win unless you're on the ballot. Second rule: If you run, you may lose. And, if you tie, you do not win.
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If in doubt, don't. If still in doubt, do what's right.
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A large number of people to begin crawling through those tunnels and caves looking for the bad folks.
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