I think we ought to have a new rule: You can ask two questions, and then we can pick the one we want to answer.
Donald RumsfeldInspectors do not have the duty or the ability to uncover terrible weapons hidden in a vast country. The responsibility of inspectors is simply to confirm evidence of voluntary and total disarmament. Saddam Hussein has the responsibility to provide that evidence, as directed, and in full
Donald RumsfeldThe success of an organization will depend on the people you surround yourself with.
Donald RumsfeldThe coalition did not act in Iraq because we had discovered dramatic new evidence of Iraq's pursuit. We acted because we saw the evidence in a dramatic new light - through the prism of our experience on 9/11.
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