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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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You might be a cunning linguist, but I am a master debater.
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If you foul up, tell the President and correct it fast. Delay only compounds mistakes.
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Inspectors do not have the duty or the ability to uncover terrible weapons hidden in a vast country. The responsibility of inspectors is simply to confirm evidence of voluntary and total disarmament. Saddam Hussein has the responsibility to provide that evidence, as directed, and in full
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I'm glad you asked. It has nothing to do with oil, literally nothing to do with oil.
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If you can't solve a problem, make it bigger.
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Simply stated, there is no doubt that Saddam Hussein now has weapons of mass destruction.
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We know where they are. They are in the area around Tikrit and Baghdad.
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I tend over the years to have developed a certain hesitancy about believing that headlines tell the whole story.
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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.
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I didn't advocate invasion...I wasn't asked.
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When cutting staff at the Pentagon, don't eliminate the thin layer that assures civilian control.
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If there are people who yearn for the days when Saddam Hussein was in power, then I am not among them.
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There are a lot of people who lie and get away with it, and that's just a fact.
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