I, for one, will always miss his Rum-fu:
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| Donald Rumsfeld is in Iraq right now |
| 2006-12-09 |
| Hattip Drudge Outgoing Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld was in Iraq today on his 13th unannounced visit since the war started in 2003, ABC News has learned. It was an unusually secretive farewell tour of the nation that will almost certainly define his legacy. The trip, laden with symbolism, is among the last stops in Rumsfeld's farewell tour, with just nine days left before former CIA Director Robert Gates assumes Rumsfeld's third-floor office in the Pentagon. Reporters usually agree to keep Rumsfeld's trips to Iraq secret until he arrives on the ground, under standard Pentagon rules designed to avoid alerting insurgents. But this visit has remained undisclosed even after his arrival. Rumsfeld addressed Pentagon employees with a catch in his throat this week. He said Americans would be mistaken to withdraw from Iraq immediately and that his worst day on the job was when he learned of the Abu Ghraib prison abuse scandal that tarnished the war effort. "I wish I could say that everything we've done here has gone perfectly, but that's not how life works, regrettably," Rumsfeld told Defense Department employees. At that meeting, a sometimes emotional Rumsfeld quoted a wounded service member he had met in a military hospital. "He looked up and he said, 'If only the American people will give us the time, we can do this,'" Rumsfeld said. "We're getting it done. And it is a fact, it will take patience and it will take understanding." |
| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #5 I want to hire him. With a little luck, ... |
| Posted by: Whiskey Mike 2006-12-09 23:15 |
| #4 I think the word you're looking for is "obstructionists". |
| Posted by: gorb 2006-12-09 21:59 |
| #3 A good man, brought down by the petty jealousies of lesser beings not fit to be called human... |
| Posted by: Ptah 2006-12-09 21:24 |
| #2 great American and thank you Rummy for the wicked funny press conferences and Congressional hearings. I, for one, will always miss his Rum-fu: |
| Posted by: xbalanke 2006-12-09 19:18 |
| #1 thanks TW. great American and thank you Rummy for the wicked funny press conferences and Congressional hearings. |
| Posted by: RD 2006-12-09 19:03 |