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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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Well, so be it. Nothing's perfect in life, so you have an election that's not quite perfect. Is it better than not having an election? You bet.
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Do you have any regrets? Of course I do.
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The reality is that [Barack] Obama has some 15 countries in the current Libya coalition. President Bush put together close to 50 countries for the Afghan coalition, some 40 countries for the Iraqi coalition, more than 90 countries for the Proliferation Security Initiative and over 90 countries in the Global War on Terror.
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In unanimity there may well be either cowardice or uncritical thinking.
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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's a difficult thing today to be informed about our government even without all the secrecy.
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Imagine, a September 11 with weapons of mass destruction. It's not 3,000. It's tens of thousands of innocent men, women and children.
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Keep your sense of humor. As General Joe Stillwell said, 'The higher a monkey climbs, the more you see of his behind'.
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When cutting staff at the Pentagon, don't eliminate the thin layer that assures civilian control.
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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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When starting at the bottom, be willing to learn from those at the top.
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The worst mistake is to have the best ladder and the wrong wall.
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No. That's someone else's business. Quagmire is - I don't do quagmires.
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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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I stand for 8-10 hours a day. Why is standing limited to four hours?
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There will be good moments, and there will be less good moments.
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And there is, I am certain, among the Iraqi people a respect for the care and the precision that went into the bombing campaign.
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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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No terror state poses a greater or more immediate threat to the security of our people and the stability of the world than the regime of Saddam Hussein in Iraq.
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There are a lot of things that are said by people in the military, or civilian life, or in the Congress, or in the Executive Branch, that are their views. And that's the way we live. We're a free people. And that's the wonderful thing about our country.
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