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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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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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Control your time. If you're working off your in-box, you're working off the priorities of others. Be sure the staff is working on what you move to them from the President, or the President will be reacting, not leading.
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If you foul up, tell the President and correct it fast. Delay only compounds mistakes.
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After the German abstention at the UN, Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle commented that Germany doesn't always have to stand on the side of its traditional allies. Berlin can look for new partners all over the world.
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If you can't solve a problem, make it bigger.
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When starting at the bottom, be willing to learn from those at the top.
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I don't believe anyone that I know in the administration ever said that Iraq had nuclear weapons.
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The Cold War was a war, and we won it.
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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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We don't seek empires.We're not imperialistic.
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A terrorist can attack any time, any place using any technique and you can't defend everywhere against every technique at every moment.
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Don't necessarily avoid sharp edges. Occasionally they are necessary to leadership.
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Look for what's missing. Many advisors can tell a President how to improve what's proposed or what's gone amiss. Few are able to see what isn't there.
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Control your own time. Don't let it be done for you. If you are working off the in-box that is fed you, you are probably working on the priority of others.
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Oh, Lord. I didn't mean to say anything quotable.
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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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Don't do or say things you would not like to see on the front page of The Washington Post.
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You might be a cunning linguist, but I am a master debater.
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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 think of yourself as indispensable or infallible. As Charles De Gaulle said, the cemeteries of the world are full of indispensable men.
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