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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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I don't know anybody that I can think of who has contended that the Iraqis had nuclear weapons.
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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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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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Now, settle down, settle down. Hell, I'm an old man, it's early in the morning and I'm gathering my thoughts here.
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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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Don't be a bottleneck. If a matter is not a decision for the President or you, delegate it. Force responsibility down and out. Find problem areas, add structure and delegate. The pressure is to do the reverse. Resist it.
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Any country on the face of the Earth with an active intelligence program knows that Iraq has weapons of mass destruction.
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Freedom's untidy, and free people are free to make mistakes and commit crimes and do bad things.
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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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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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Don't do or say things you would not like to see on the front page of The Washington Post.
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Preserve the President's options. He may need them.
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The worst mistake is to have the best ladder and the wrong wall.
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Our task, your task... is to try to connect the dots before something happens. People say, 'Well, where's the smoking gun?' Well, we don't want to see a smoking gun from a weapon of mass destruction.
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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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We know where they are. They are in the area around Tikrit and Baghdad.
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If you foul up, tell the President and correct it fast. Delay only compounds mistakes.
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Oh my goodness gracious, what you can buy off the Internet in terms of overhead photography. A trained ape can know an awful lot of what is going on in this world, just by punching on his mouse, for a relatively modest cost.
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Success tends to go not to the person who is error-free, because he also tends to be risk-averse. Rather it goes to the person who recognizes that life is pretty much a percentage business. It isn't making mistakes that's critical it's correcting them and getting on with the principal task.
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Amidst all the clutter, beyond all the obstacles, aside from all the static, are the goals set. Put your head down, do the best job possible, let the flak pass, and work towards those goals.
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