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...hierarchy and were fighting under a central command. The lack of uniforms and the manner in which they carried their weapons does not make them any less of a fighting force. Also, even though the U.S. has refused to classify the prisoners as POWs, Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfield has stated that the detainees are being treated according to Geneva Convention standards. Reports say that Secretary of State Colin L. Powell has advocated their classification as prisoners of war. This proper classification will reduce international pressure on the U.S. By calling the Guantanamo detainees “unlawful combatants...
...retaliation for the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and Pentagon came Sunday as forces led by the U.S. government struck 31 targets at three major sites, according to Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfield and Air Force General Richard Myers, chair of the Joint Chiefs of Staff...
...Rumsfield expects that it will take several months for the nomination to be cleared by the Senate, because of a crowded Congressional calendar...
...Blumenthal's impending nomination have been floating around Washington for the past three months. An earlier choice for the post, William Ford, a Michigan black, declined the job for personal reasons. Blumenthal had been working as a White House aide, where he came to the attention of Donald Rumsfield, director of the Office of Economic Opportunity...
Princeton looms as the tougher of the two teams. Based on the power of its heavyweights, 177 pound Carleton MacDonald and undefeated Jim MacAleer, the Tiger figures to cop two key matches and possibly a third--the 157 pound duel between Captain Chick Chandler and Don Rumsfield, who beat Chandler last year...