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...there a reward for the capture of Taliban leader Mullah Mohammed Omar? No one seems quite sure. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld announced on Dec. 13 that Washington planned to offer $10 million for Omar's capture, to go along with the $25 million dangled for nabbing Osama bin Laden. But Rumsfeld didn't consult ahead of time with the State Department--which runs the rewards program and decides which evildoers warrant a price tag on their head--and a reward had not been approved. It still hasn't. "You just can't create these rewards on your own," says...
...lower gear. You could hear the new tone last week from Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld. "Look at the difficulty the United States of America has tracking down the ten-most-wanted criminals," he said. "There are people who have been on those lists for years and years...
...think it will affect public support for the war one iota." Thompson, like other military analysts, credits the grim realism of the Pentagon's public relations team for keeping the possibility of American deaths in the forefront of everyone's mind - and lessening the blow of this new reality. "Rumsfeld and others have been predicting U.S. deaths since this campaign began," Thompson adds. Sadly, it seems those long-standing predictions have finally come true...
...State Powell. "It was taking time to connect." Bush, aides said, was unsatisfied and told his team to pick up the pace. Within days, the State Department had pushed Uzbek President Islam Karimov into relenting, and the CIA had worked out its differences with Fahim. After clearing it with Rumsfeld, Franks gave the order to bomb the front lines of the Taliban...
...Donald Rumsfeld got warm recognition for making it "okay to like John Wayne again" ... "Rumsfeld remained in the Pentagon as it was being blown up" and "has kept our country safe and secure in the most trying moment in our history." His counterweight, Colin Powell, also got nods: "Colin Powell has for years demonstrated leadership with his incisive intellect, astute geopolitical foresight, compelling eloquence, and commanding dignity" ... "Behind the scenes, but the glue and foundation of the administration in the current situation...