Word: rumsfeldism
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...policy—or have been so ambiguous as to seem contradictory. At one point, Secretary of State Colin L. Powell announced on NBC that the administration was “working for a peaceful resolution in Iraq” only two days after Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld stated on CNN that the regime change was and had been “government policy for a long time.” Under circumstances like these, presidential damage control has often been lacking, with Bush seldom clarifying these differences or taking center stage until the damage has been done...
...previous administrations the Secretary of State has negotiated the path set by the President, divining a clear path through diplomatic entanglement. The Secretary of Defense, on the other hand, has quietly plotted for worst case scenarios, taking the fore only when all else had failed—much as Rumsfeld had when he was the 13th and not the 21st Secretary of Defense. Under the Bush administration these two roles have been reversed. As a result, since Sept. 11, it has been Rumsfeld who has not only divined the course but in many cases preempted the President in making policy...
Over a summer when Powell surveyed the ground in Afghanistan and tried to calm the Middle East, Rumsfeld was already rattling the saber at Iraq. In an Oct. 24 interview on CNN, Rumsfeld pushed the regime change line in Iraq, offering no guarantee that the U.S. would back down even if Saddam Hussein were to completely disarm and comply with all U.N. regulations...
Arguing that Congress must officially declare war against Iraq before the shooting can start, a Harvard Law School (HLS) graduate recently filed suit against President Bush and Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld to prevent Bush from ordering troops into action...
...keeping with Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld's tight-lipped policy on revealing the number of U.S. troops near Iraq, the Navy won't disclose just how many of its 20 or so sea lions have been sent to the gulf. But unlike the human troops, who are all volunteers, the sea lions were drafted. --By Mark Thompson