Word: rumsfeldism
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld told reporters at the Pentagon, “You cannot defend at every place, at every time, against every conceivable, imaginable—even unimaginable—terrorist attack...
...Even amidst calls for heightened security, public officials across the country urged Americans to return to their daily activities. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld braced the U.S. public for a long campaign, saying the attacks could go on for "several years," and acknowledging the airstrikes could elicit new terrorist attacks against the United States. Counter-terrorism efforts are in full swing across the country; in Washington, former Pennsylvania Governor Tom Ridge was sworn in as the head of the newly created Office of Homeland Security...
...Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld says the strikes were meant to destroy the Taliban's air defenses and their military aircraft, and he described them as "very successful." "Our objective," said Rumsfeld, "is to defeat those who use terrorism and those who house and support them...
...Afghanistan was not the only focus of U.S. policymakers. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said the campaign, now codenamed Operation Enduring Freedom, would not last "five minutes or five months," but would be a stealth war lasting years. Efforts to expand an international coalition received a boost with promises of support from Japan, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Turkey, Russia and Central Asian republics. But the perceived threat to Islamic groups angered Iran and triggered unrest in Indonesia and Pakistan, as well as among Taliban supporters in Kabul, who stormed and defaced the abandoned U.S embassy compound...
...often determines where the President will be - as it did last week, when Cheney's recommendation cemented the White House decision to speed its push for a stimulus package heavy on tax cuts. In between meetings with Bush, Cheney works the phones, reassuring nervous allies, advising Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld on the nuances of Middle East politics and touching up his plan for the new Office of Homeland Security...