Rumsfeld: MIA on the True Costs of the Iraq War
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Rumsfeld Says He Should Have Quit Defense Post After Abu Ghraib Scandal
Filed under: Bush Administration, Terror, Foreign Policy, International, Afghanistan, France, European Union, Iraq, IslamIn his memoir, Rumsfeld defends his record presiding over two wars, but says he regrets some of those wisecracks, such as referring...
Surprise! Cheney-Bush-Rumsfeld lied us into Iraq
The National Security Archive published the first of a three-part series Tuesday on the Cheney-Bush administration's early plans to invade Iraq. Much of what you'll read there has already been discussed in considerable depth. But without direct proof. The series is based on documents obtained under the Freedom of Information Act. Joyce Battle sets...
Donald Rumsfeld’s Memoir, ‘Known and Unknown,’ Due Out in January
Filed under: Bush Administration, Iraq, Military"Known and Unknown," being published by Sentinel (an imprint of Penguin), refers to Rumsfeld's explanation in 2002 for the lack of evidence that Iraq was supplying terrorists with weapons of mass destruct...
Colin Powell Portrait Unveiled to Tears and Cheers
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Gen. Colin Powell returned to the State Department Monday for an emotional unveiling of his official Secretary of State portrait.
Powell and current Secretary of State Hillary Clinton presided over the unveiling of the portrait, which will hang with...
Donald Rumsfeld’s Dysfunctional Pentagon
Filed under: Bush Administration, Iraq, National Security, Deep Background
This seems to be the season for books from political insiders. Taylor Branch's "The Clinton Tapes: Wrestling History With the President" is loaded with intriguing info on the Clinton years, courtesy of Bill Clinton himself. Ted Kennedy'sFollow seriouslypolitics on Twitter!
