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Donald Rumsfeld

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Donald Rumsfeld
Age: 88 †
Born: 1932
Born: July 9
Died: 2021
Died: June 29
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Businessperson
Diplomat
Former U.S. Secretary Of Defense
Military Officer
Politician
Chicago
Illinois
Donald Henry Rumsfeld
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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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A few. . . critics are the only people I ever heard use the phrase 'imminent threat.' I didn't, the president didn't.
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... something under $50 billion for the cost. How much of that would be the U.S. burden, and how much would be other countries, is an open question.
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Every country should be tired of going to war. War is a terrible thing. If I had been in Congress, as much as I would be inclined naturally to be supportive of a president, any president, I would have voted no, had the issue come to a vote.
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We know where they are. They are in the area around Tikrit and Baghdad.
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It is very difficult to spend federal (the taxpayers') dollars so that the intended result is achieved.
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Don't divide the world into 'them' and 'us.' Avoid infatuation with or resentment of the press, the Congress, rivals, or opponents. Accept them as facts. They have their jobs and you have yours.
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Certainty without power can be interesting, even amusing. Certainty with power can be dangerous.
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If I know the answer I'll tell you the answer, and if I don't I'll just respond cleverly.
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The United States isn't going to do anything that it's not capable of doing. And if we do something, we'll be capable of doing it.
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It is unknowable how long that conflict [the war in Iraq] will last. It could last six days, six weeks. I doubt six months.
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Oh, Lord. I didn't mean to say anything quotable.
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Work continuously to trim the White House staff from your first day to your last. All the pressures are to the contrary.
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Preserve the President's options. He may need them.
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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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There are known knowns there are things we know we know. We also know there are known unknowns that is to say we know there are some things we do not know. But there are also unknown unknowns - the ones we don't know we don't know.
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In unanimity there may well be either cowardice or uncritical thinking.
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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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Being Vice President is difficult. Don't make it tougher.
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When I served as US Ambassador to NATO in the 1970s, the center of gravity in Europe was France and Germany.
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