Word: rumsfeldism
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...evolving role of U.S. troops in Iraq. Most important, though, as this process proceeds, the growing chorus of critics must keep oversight, not political gain, in sharp focus. Congress is not asking for a timetable for a withdrawal, nor should it. Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld rightly contended that such a timetable would only set a concrete date for insurgents to outlast U.S. troop presence. Instead, this bill is really about redefining the rhetorical playing field. It is about taking the difficult first step sooner than in the past. Previous criticism of U.S. military actions abroad have come only after...
...giant step toward political self-sufficiency-a precondition, White House officials have said, for battling the increasingly lethal insurrection. The success of elections will have a direct effect on last week's debate: How many U.S. troops should be in Iraq and for how long? Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld told Fox News Sunday that after the elections, the U.S. hopes to drop troop levels from 160,000 to about 138,000, with a target of 100,000 by the end of 2006. Elsewhere, NBC News' Tim Russert grilled Rep. John Murtha-the Pennsylvania Democrat and decorated Vietnam War veteran whose...
...Murtha sounded an awful lot like Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, who, according to high-ranking military officials, has seemed slightly annoyed that the war in Iraq has diverted resources from his real goal of "transforming" the military into a high-tech outfit that can scare the bejeezus out of China. Rumsfeld's Pentagon has refused to undertake the violent reordering of priorities-more special forces, more intelligence, zero boats-needed to fight a scruffy, labor-intensive struggle against an enemy that thrives in shadows in Iraq, Afghanistan and elsewhere. Rumsfeld's relative indifference to the shooting war since...
...nation which, however much its economic future may be linked to that of the U.S., is certainly not an ally. In the last two months a veritable squadron of top U.S. officials-including Deputy Secretary of State Robert Zoellick, Trade Representative Rob Portman and Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld-have visited Beijing, to praise China's economic development out of one side of their mouth, while complaining of Chinese behavior on everything from piracy to defense spending from the other. So far, China's main response to U.S. lectures on the need to open up its political system has been...
...court’s decision in the case, Rumsfeld v. FAIR, will have immediate ramifications for Harvard. The Law School has tried to require all recruiters who use its career services office to sign a pledge stating that they will not discriminate against employees based on sexual orientation. The Pentagon’s “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy bars openly gay individuals from the military, but Harvard granted the military access to Law School resources this fall after the Pentagon threatened to cut over $400 million in federal funds...