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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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[on Osama bin Laden] He is either alive and well or alive and not too well or not alive.
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Don't necessarily avoid sharp edges. Occasionally they are necessary to leadership.
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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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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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When cutting staff at the Pentagon, don't eliminate the thin layer that assures civilian control.
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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 there are people who yearn for the days when Saddam Hussein was in power, then I am not among them.
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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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You can have a broad popular democracy movement and have it end being taken over by the most vicious people and the result is you don't end up with free political systems or free economic systems, you end up with a handful of radicals controlling the country.
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We know where they are. They are in the area around Tikrit and Baghdad.
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Don't blame the boss. He has enough problems.
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