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Donald Rumsfeld Quotes

«[? In Washington, Bush administration officials insisted the campaign against terror was going largely as expected, countering assertions by some critics that they may have underestimated the Taliban.] We said it would be long. We said it would be difficult, ... Late Edition with Wolf Blitzer.»
«[Saddam's regime became expert at hiding banned weapons even amid] an inspections environment in that country, ... They had a very long period to hide or do whatever it is they wanted to do with those capabilities.»
«There are other photos -- many other photos -- that depict incidents of physical violence towards prisoners, acts that can only be described as blatantly sadistic, cruel and inhuman, ... And I am advised there also are videos of these actions.»
«But I certainly never gave the president a briefing with the impact that one would have had you seen the photographs or the video. I mean, let there be no doubt about that. He was just as blindsided as the Congress and me and everyone else.»
«Our goal is to get the tribes in the south to oppose the Taliban, ... They have been relatively quiet thus far. We need them to oppose the Taliban. Therefore, we need them to recognize that they're going to have a voice in the post-Taliban government.»
«Anyone who looks at the overhead photography of these poor human beings, amassing into thousands of people trekking across drought-stricken areas, has to be just heartbroken. It is important that we and other countries assist those people,»
«We're within 49 miles of Baghdad, ... He's being closed on from the north, south, and there's so many people running around hyperventilating that things aren't going well. This plan is working.»
«Our interaction is continuous. It is iterative, and it has been constructive and helpful,»
«I think it can be said that some nontrivial caches of weapons have been discovered in recent days,»
«The hope is that those Taliban people will in fact move over and support the Northern Alliance and support the tribes in the south, ... The point of the broadcasts and of the leaflets that are being dropped is that we're encouraging people to surrender or to change sides.»