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Today in Rumsfeld's World

by TChris

Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld found it "strange" to be asked to swear to tell the truth to investigators who wondered "how his department came to nearly squander $30 billion leasing several hundred new tanker aircraft that its own experts had decided were not needed." Rumsfeld is evidently unfamiliar with procedures that require honest responses to questions. No suprise, then, that Rumsfeld responded by citing "poor memory, loose office procedures, and a general distraction with 'the wars' in Iraq and Afghanistan." Typical of Rumsfeld's evasive answers:

"I don't remember approving it. But I certainly don't remember not approving it, if you will."

Meanwhile, the PBS series "Frontline" airs a report tonight that relates the triumph "of Vice President Cheney and Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld over the administration's internal war skeptics." This review suggests that the report could have been subtitled "How Dick and Don Rolled the CIA and State Department and Got Us Into This Mess."

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