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If you can't solve a problem, make it bigger.

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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Simply stated, there is no doubt that Saddam Hussein now has weapons of mass destruction.
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Never assume the other fellow will not do something you wouldn't do.
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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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Don't blame the boss. He has enough problems.
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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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If a person is determined to fight to the death, then they may very well have that opportunity.
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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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Have a deputy and develop a successor. Don't be consumed by the job or you'll risk losing your balance. Keep your mooring lines to the outside world - family, friends, neighbors, people out of government, and people who may not agree with you.
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Preserve the President's options. He may need them.
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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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It is easier to get into something than to get out of it.
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A large number of people to begin crawling through those tunnels and caves looking for the bad folks.
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At 78 years old, I am not surprised at much anymore. Germany has taken divergent positions before, so has France, so has England, so has the US.
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Oh, Lord. I didn't mean to say anything quotable.
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I am not going to give you a number for it because it's not my business to do intelligent work.
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One of your tasks is to separate the 'personal' from the 'substantive.' The two can become confused, especially if someone rubs the President wrong.
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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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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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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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What is needed [to combat terrorism], in my view, is resolve, not retreat courage, not concession. Rather than thinking in terms of an exit strategy, focus on a strategy for success.
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