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Did anyone else see this documentary on PBS? In my area they just got done showing it (or as much of it as I could watch).

<p>A glimpse of the softer side of Donald H. Rumsfeld unexpectedly pops up on page 131 of "Rumsfeld's War," the new book on the tough-minded defense secretary by Rowan Scarborough, defense and national security reporter for The Washington Times.</p> <p>Mr. Scarborough writes that Mr. Rumsfeld surprised his wife, Joyce, on her 70th birthday Sept. 18, 2002, with a book about her consisting of photographs that he compiled and a narrative that he wrote. He called it "Joyce Rumsfeld: A Joy to the World," had it printed in brown hardcover and gave copies to the couple's three children and other family members.</p>

If wars are too important to be trusted to the generals, they are far too important to be trusted to a bunch of lawyers. In his new book, Rumsfeld's War, Washington Times Pentagon correspondent Rowan Scarborough reveals the Pentagon paralysis that Defense Secretary Rumsfeld inherited from the Clinton administration. Part of Scarborough's proof is a previously classified briefing, entitled "Preempting Terrorists Was not an Option." In it, Professor Richard Schultz of the Fletcher School details the legalistic stagnancy of the Clinton Pentagon. Big Dog's staff asked Schultz to find out why the Clinton administration didn't use special-operations forces against al...

<p>This is the second of three exclusive excerpts from "Rumsfeld´s War" (Regnery Publishing Inc.), the new book by Rowan Scarborough, defense and national security reporter for The Washington Times.</p> <p>A phone call from House Speaker Newt Gingrich's office marked Donald H. Rumsfeld's re-entry to Washington and the good graces of the Republican majority in Congress.</p>

<p>Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld's determination to kill terrorists and transform the military is detailed in "Rumsfeld's War" (Regnery Publishing Inc.), the new book by Rowan Scarborough, defense reporter for The Washington Times. Exclusive excerpts begin today.</p> <p>Donald H. Rumsfeld sat in a vault-like room studded with video screens and talked with President Bush as the Pentagon burned.</p>