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Rumsfeld to Add Voice to Iraq Defense
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Posted on 11/15/2005 8:45:31 AM PST by Sub-Driver

Rumsfeld to Add Voice to Iraq Defense

By ROBERT BURNS, AP Military Writer 6 minutes ago

Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld, expected to join the Bush administration's attack on Iraq war critics Tuesday, will quote Clinton administration officials who contended that former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein was a security threat based on remarks prepared for delivery at a Pentagon news conference.

Rumsfeld will note that Congress in 1998 passed the Iraq Liberation Act, making it U.S. government policy to support efforts to remove the Saddam regime from power. He will also note that President Bill Clinton ordered four days of bombing in December 1998.

President Bush on Monday hurled back at Democratic critics the worries they once expressed that Saddam was a grave threat.

"They spoke the truth then and they're speaking politics now," Bush charged.

Democrats have accused the president of manipulating and withholding some prewar intelligence and misleading Americans about the rationale for war.

Iraq and a host of other problems, from the bungled response to Hurricane Katrina to the indictment of a senior White House official in the CIA leak investigation, have taken a heavy toll on Bush.

Nearing the end of his fifth year in office, Bush has the lowest approval rating of his presidency. In AP-Ipsos polling, a majority of Americans say Bush is not honest and they disapprove of his handling of foreign policy and the war on terrorism.

Rumsfeld continued Bush's assault on war critics, citing the words of Clinton, former Vice President Al Gore, former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright and Sandy Berger, Clinton's national security adviser.

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TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: dod; iraq; oif; rumsfeld

1 posted on 11/15/2005 8:45:32 AM PST by Sub-Driver
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To: Sub-Driver
for delivery at a Pentagon news conference

Oh boy! Can't wait for the Q&A.

2 posted on 11/15/2005 8:47:52 AM PST by Semper Paratus
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To: Semper Paratus

What time is Rummy on?


3 posted on 11/15/2005 8:50:08 AM PST by Infantry Grunt 1968-69
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To: Infantry Grunt 1968-69

Link didn't say, anybody got a heads-up on this?


4 posted on 11/15/2005 8:52:42 AM PST by Semper Paratus
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To: Infantry Grunt 1968-69
What time is Rummy on? ALL THE TIME!
5 posted on 11/15/2005 8:53:52 AM PST by SF Republican
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To: Sub-Driver

Can we include General Honore with Rummy in his Q&A sessions? That would be worth the price of admission. "You're STUCK ON STUPID..."


7 posted on 11/15/2005 10:21:44 AM PST by el_texicano (Liberals, Socialist, DemocRATS, all touchy, feely, mind numbed robots, useless idiots all)
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