Word: rumsfeldism
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...primacy of the Secretary of State is crucial. Since the office of Secretary of Defense was created after World War II, there have been only two who were more powerful than their counterpart at State: Robert McNamara over Dean Rusk in the 1960s and Donald Rumsfeld over Colin Powell in George W. Bush's first term. McNamara and Rumsfeld presided over the wars in Vietnam and Iraq. Indeed, the primacy of Rumsfeld and his patron Dick Cheney has created a deep wound. Their constant undermining of the U.S. intelligence community, the putdowns of "old Europe," their impatience with U.N. inspectors...
...Though he has no stated plans to write his memoir, he is open to the idea. "He hasn't made a decision to write a book," said Larry Di Rita, a former spokesman whom Rumsfeld authorized to speak to TIME.com. "He is not shopping a proposal. That's not where his head is. He is still in the information gathering stage...
...Rita said that if Rumsfeld does write a book, the proceeds from it would go into his foundation. A book, he said, would help generate funds for fellowships...
...Bush Administration, and particularly the Pentagon, managed the aftermath of the invasion of Iraq. In his memoir, Tenet wrote that two decisions doomed the reconstruction of the country - the demobilization of the Iraqi Army and the de-Baathification of the Iraqi government, both of which were approved by Rumsfeld...
...Such accounts have increased the publishing world's interest in Rumsfeld's side of the story...