It is worth reminding that being president is a tough job for anybody, and particularly so in the information age. There's such a glut of information. Anything a president says or does is picked up on the Internet or the 24/7 news media and criticized almost instantly. Leaders persuade through their words and as such their words need to be measured and well chosen. It is a tough job.
Donald RumsfeldNATO member states vary dramatically in their capability and in their political steadfastness.
Donald RumsfeldI tend over the years to have developed a certain hesitancy about believing that headlines tell the whole story.
Donald RumsfeldWe do know that the Iraqi regime has chemical and biological weapons. His regime has amassed large, clandestine stockpiles of chemical weapons - including VX, sarin, cyclosarin and mustard gas. His regime has amassed large, clandestine stockpiles of biological weaponsโincluding anthrax and botulism toxin, and possibly smallpox.
Donald Rumsfeld