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...pressure was also intense. Just the week before, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld was in the region pressing the officers about why this was taking so long. Sitting in front of walls lined with maps and flat video screens, Rumsfeld marveled at the elusiveness of the quarry. "I'm dumbfounded when I think about it," he told Army Major General Raymond Odierno, commander of the 4th Infantry. "The chances of us using that kind of money to find somebody--to figure out how to invest some time and develop a network and produce the information that would do it--I mean...
President George W. Bush first got word from Rumsfeld on Saturday afternoon in a call to Camp David. "We think we may have him," Rumsfeld announced, and the President said to keep him informed. The President had already planned to return to the White House early to avoid a snowstorm descending on the mid-Atlantic coast that could have prevented his attending a special Christmas show taping the next day. Bush called Adnan Pachachi, the acting president of the Iraqi governing council, to congratulate him; as they were trying to get him on the cell phone Pachachi was with Bremer...
...modern world, for better and worse. Some Americans blame the U.S. for the woes of our age, from global warming to the rapacity of huge corporations. Others see American ideals-a commitment to freedom, say, or to limited government-as being universally inspiring. "America," said U.S. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld on Sept. 11 this year, "is truly the light of liberty and the hope of the world...
...what they are up against. Pentagon optimists remain convinced that the insurgency is small and slowly choking to death. "Real insurgents need the support of the local population, and they don't have that," says a senior civilian aide who traveled in Iraq last weekend with Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld. "They are going to wither and die. The question is how long it will take...
...Klein's commentary "It's Time For Extreme Peacekeeping" highlighted the need for an elite corps of people devoted to public service and nation building [Nov. 24]. As Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld continues to reform and reorganize the armed forces, he should seriously consider creating such a corps. Klein suggests it could be called the Extreme Peacekeepers or the Freedom Corps. It could play an important role in establishing bastions of democracy and improving America's image throughout the world. Creating such an organization would be an important step in providing an opportunity for college-educated youths who yearn...