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LIVE THREAD: Rumsfeld Testifies Regarding Treatment of Iraqi Prisoners
http://freerepublic.com ^ | May 7, 2004

Posted on 05/07/2004 7:52:34 AM PDT by Howlin

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To: kcvl
Good opening Cunningham. "I sure hope someone prays for me as he slips the knife in"...
3,341 posted on 05/07/2004 3:05:50 PM PDT by Right_in_Virginia
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To: LisaMalia
"I hope someone prays for me while they try to slip the knife in...."
3,342 posted on 05/07/2004 3:06:06 PM PDT by TN4Liberty (Life is a quagmire. Get used to it.)
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To: cyncooper
He saw the Congressional Black Caucus news conference...
3,343 posted on 05/07/2004 3:06:14 PM PDT by kcvl
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To: texasflower
Awesome! I wish I was taping this guy. He is giving Rummy the boost he needs.
3,344 posted on 05/07/2004 3:06:23 PM PDT by arbee4bush
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To: wirestripper
LOL!
3,345 posted on 05/07/2004 3:06:25 PM PDT by Mo1 (Make Michael Moore cry.... DONATE MONTHLY!!!)
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To: MEG33
Agree! He is a sanctimonious son-of-a bitch!
3,346 posted on 05/07/2004 3:06:28 PM PDT by verity (A Vote for Kerry is a vote for National Suicide!)
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To: texasflower
No, that's the first time I've seen him almost lose it emotionally. He's been tough on them all day as we expected.
3,347 posted on 05/07/2004 3:06:41 PM PDT by WestCoastGal ("Hire paranoids, they may have a high false alarm rate, but they discover all the plots" Rumsfeld)
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To: olde north church
LOL!!

LOVE the tagline!!
3,348 posted on 05/07/2004 3:06:45 PM PDT by alexandria
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To: mass55th
What the hell kind of committee hearing is that?

The same kind that saw only half of the 9/11 commissioners attending Condi's private testimony.

Microphone-grabbing feeders at the public teat.

3,349 posted on 05/07/2004 3:06:53 PM PDT by mombonn
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To: Mo1
Fox starts out with the apology. Rumsfeld admitting he should have told the President and Congress earlier. Rumsfeld clips shown about taking full responsibility.

Rumsfeld clips shown about the other unreleased pictures and video.

Meyers shown saying this was isolated incident.

Rumsfeld clip about if he felt he couldn't be effective he's resign but not if it's just a political issue. Evan Bayh clip asking if Rummy's resignation would demonstrate sincerity about the investigation.

3,350 posted on 05/07/2004 3:06:56 PM PDT by prairiebreeze (Ted Rall is a waste of perfectly good oxygen.)
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To: Mo1
Channel changed!
3,351 posted on 05/07/2004 3:07:04 PM PDT by cyncooper
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To: Howlin
Wow! Cunningham......says I would follow you thru hell, Mr. Secretary and so would the entire Armed Forces. He also slammed the CBC. Rightfully so......
3,352 posted on 05/07/2004 3:07:22 PM PDT by PISANO (Our troops...... will NOT tire...will NOT falter.....and WILL NOT FAIL!!!)
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To: alnick
"Oh, so now we're back to "Now they're going to hate us." They already hate us. That's why they attacked us on 9/11 dummy."


Since I am not in the military and do not have my life on the line in Iraq, I personally do not care if "they" hate us. However, bright one, having this crap as the image for the world to see will not make those in Iraq pleased with any military personal in an American uniform.

"IF" you read carefully what I said, my complaint is about the "PHOTOS" being taken and sent to the media.

3,353 posted on 05/07/2004 3:07:29 PM PDT by Just mythoughts
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To: cyncooper
Good! :0)
3,354 posted on 05/07/2004 3:07:42 PM PDT by Mo1 (Make Michael Moore cry.... DONATE MONTHLY!!!)
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To: Dolphy
Duke -- I hope someone prays for me as they slip the knife in.
3,355 posted on 05/07/2004 3:08:10 PM PDT by malia (BUSH/CHENEY '04 NEVER FORGET!)
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To: alexandria
Oh great! The kooks were there to start off this Show Trial this morning chanting "Fire Rummesfeld". I thought capitol security was better than that?
3,356 posted on 05/07/2004 3:08:14 PM PDT by txradioguy (HOOAH!!!...Not Just A Word...A Way Of Life!!!)
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To: arbee4bush
I wish I was taping him also. He is really putting some of this into perspective.

I plan to write or call his office to thank him.
3,357 posted on 05/07/2004 3:08:40 PM PDT by texasflower (in the event of the rapture.......the Bush White House will be unmanned)
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To: highlandbreeze
"OMG, I'm embarassed I'm from Florida."

I just sent that nimcompoop a copy of Rummy's Bio. How dare he speak to anyone in such a senior level position like that. He isn't fit to walk in Rummy's shadow, much less speak to him on any subject.

DONALD H. RUMSFELD

Secretary of Defense

Donald H. Rumsfeld was sworn in as the 21st Secretary of Defense on January 20, 2001. Before assuming his present post, the former Navy pilot had also served as the 13th Secretary of Defense, White House Chief of Staff, U.S. Ambassador to NATO, U.S. Congressman and chief executive officer of two Fortune 500 companies.

Secretary Rumsfeld is responsible for directing the actions of the Defense Department in response to the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001. The war is being waged against a backdrop of major change within the Department of Defense. The department has developed a new defense strategy and replaced the old model for sizing forces with a newer approach more relevant to the 21st century. Secretary Rumsfeld proposed and the President approved a significant reorganization of the worldwide command structure, known as the Unified Command Plan, that resulted in the establishment of the U.S. Northern Command and the U.S. Strategic Command, the latter charged with the responsibilities formerly held by the Strategic and Space Commands which were disestablished.

The Department also has refocused its space capabilities and fashioned a new concept of strategic deterrence that increases security while reducing strategic nuclear weapons. To help strengthen the deterrent, the missile defense research and testing program has been reorganized and revitalized, free of the restraints of the ABM treaty.

Mr. Rumsfeld attended Princeton University on academic and NROTC scholarships (A.B., 1954) and served in the U.S. Navy (1954-57) as an aviator and flight instructor. In 1957, he transferred to the Ready Reserve and continued his Naval service in flying and administrative assignments as a drilling reservist until 1975. He transferred to the Standby Reserve when he became Secretary of Defense in 1975 and to the Retired Reserve with the rank of Captain in 1989.

In 1957, he came to Washington, DC to serve as Administrative Assistant to a Congressman. After a stint with an investment banking firm, he was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives from Illinois in 1962, at the age of 30, and was re-elected in 1964, 1966, and 1968.

Mr. Rumsfeld resigned from Congress in 1969 during his fourth term to join the President's Cabinet. From 1969 to 1970, he served as Director of the Office of Economic Opportunity and Assistant to the President. From 1971 to 1972, he was Counsellor to the President and Director of the Economic Stabilization Program. In 1973, he left Washington, DC, to serve as U.S. Ambassador to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) in Brussels, Belgium (1973-1974).

In August 1974, he was called back to Washington, DC, to serve as Chairman of the transition to the Presidency of Gerald R. Ford. He then became Chief of Staff of the White House and a member of the President's Cabinet (1974-1975). He served as the 13th U.S. Secretary of Defense, the youngest in the country's history (1975-1977).

From 1977 to 1985 he served as Chief Executive Officer, President, and then Chairman of G.D. Searle & Co., a worldwide pharmaceutical company. The successful turnaround there earned him awards as the Outstanding Chief Executive Officer in the Pharmaceutical Industry from the Wall Street Transcript (1980) and Financial World (1981). From 1985 to 1990 he was in private business.

Mr. Rumsfeld served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of General Instrument Corporation from 1990 to 1993. General Instrument Corporation was a leader in broadband transmission, distribution, and access control technologies. Until being sworn in as the 21st Secretary of Defense, Mr. Rumsfeld served as Chairman of the Board of Gilead Sciences, Inc., a pharmaceutical company.

Before returning for his second tour as Secretary of Defense, Mr. Rumsfeld chaired the bipartisan U.S. Ballistic Missile Threat Commission, in 1998, and the U.S. Commission to Assess National Security Space Management and Organization, in 2000.

During his business career, Mr. Rumsfeld continued his public service in a variety of Federal posts, including:

Member of the President's General Advisory Committee on Arms Control (1982 - 1986); Special Presidential Envoy on the Law of the Sea Treaty (1982 - 1983); Senior Advisor to the President's Panel on Strategic Systems (1983 - 1984); Member of the U.S. Joint Advisory Commission on U.S./Japan Relations (1983 - 1984); Special Presidential Envoy to the Middle East (1983 - 1984); Member of the National Commission on Public Service (1987 - 1990); Member of the National Economic Commission (1988 - 1989); Member of the Board of Visitors of the National Defense University (1988 - 1992); Member of the Commission on U.S./Japan Relations (1989 - 1991); and Member of the U.S. Trade Deficit Review Commission (1999 - 2000). While in the private sector, Mr. Rumsfeld's civic activities included service as a member of the National Academy of Public Administration and a member of the boards of trustees of the Gerald R. Ford Foundation, the Hoover Institution at Stanford University, and the National Park Foundation, and as Chairman of the Eisenhower Exchange Fellowships, Inc.

In 1977, Mr. Rumsfeld was awarded the nation's highest civilian award, the Presidential Medal of Freedom.

3,358 posted on 05/07/2004 3:08:52 PM PDT by Darlin' ("I will not forget this wound to my country." President George W Bush, 20 Sept 2001)
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To: PISANO
I am so proud there is someone good from California up there. We have very little to brag about in DC
3,359 posted on 05/07/2004 3:08:53 PM PDT by WestCoastGal ("Hire paranoids, they may have a high false alarm rate, but they discover all the plots" Rumsfeld)
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To: Mo1
Now clips with the hecklers. Saying that the Chairman let the hecklers play out demonstrating to Rummy that this was part of his public penance.

Then we are treated to Kennedy and another RAT. Then Leiberman's excellent points are shown, not quite in full.

Prairie
3,360 posted on 05/07/2004 3:08:58 PM PDT by prairiebreeze (Ted Rall is a waste of perfectly good oxygen.)
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