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he driver was wearing a shirt printed with provocative phrases. The front of the shirt quoted the words shouted by John Wilkes Booth after shooting Abraham Lincoln: "Thus, always, to tyrants,"and on the back was Thomas Jefferson's statement: "The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the bloo

uted by John Wilkes Booth after shooting Abraham Lincoln: "Thus, always, to tyrants,"and on the back was T

the press by an administration already girded for combat. How depressing to look back on those days and see not just the obvious -- Douglas Feith, Donald Rumsfeld, Dick Cheney, Condoleezza Rice; those who promised America would be "greeted as liberators" (Cheney), and who threatened nuclear "mushroom clouds" (

onald Rumsfeld and his deputy Paul Wolfowitz suggested the war could be done on the cheap and that it would largely pay for itself. In October 2003, Rumsfeld told a press conference about President Bush's request for $21 billion for Iraq and Afghan reconstruction that "the $20 billion the president reque

the Yale political scientist. Early Presidents argued on behalf of their policies with appeals to the Constitution rather than to the people. Even Abraham Lincoln and Theodore Roosevelt, who asked for sweeping new executive powers, did so with strictly constitutional arguments rather than with populist ones.

rom a shelf: "American Speeches: Political Oratory from the Revolution to the Civil War," William Safire's "Lend Me Your Ears," and a collection of Lincoln's speeches and writings. "You can actually lose yourself for an hour or two in that stuff," he said. The final two years of a second term need not

esident Dick Cheney and Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld—most associated with extreme views of how to han

of the first four years. During the 2004 campaign, Bush came close to jettisoning the two people—Vice-President Dick Cheney and Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld—most associated with extreme views of how to handle post-9/11 foreign affairs. After the election, Cheney saw the influence of his principal ideolo

1 Independent, and 1 Republican (Rhode Island's Lincoln Chafee) voted no. The dissenters included the cha

ned: After Iraq, there has been a weird amnesty and amnesia about people's misjudgment on the most consequential decision of our times. ... Cheney, Rumsfeld, Wolfowitz, Bremer, Rice, McCain, Abrams, and others including the pro-war press claque are still offering their judgments unfazed. He concludes: "

int, I think will clearly decline. I think they're in the last throes, if you will, of the insurgency." Or this one, from then-Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, uttered in the midst of the rioting and looting that broke out in the very predictable vacuum created when we toppled a central government with no

lomacy Redux: Kerry's Opportunity, Obama's Test Lincoln P. Bloomfield Jr. Article 2. Bloomberg Israel

istances. In a 75-minute conversation, Hagel gave me his version of the Middle East crisis tour. Talking with him, I found, was not like talking to Donald Rumsfeld. Interviewing Rumsfeld at this table was like interviewing a razor blade; one wrong move and you'd get cut. Hagel, on the other hand, is tranquil,

rsation, Hagel gave me his version of the Middle East crisis tour. Talking with him, I found, was not like talking to Donald Rumsfeld. Interviewing Rumsfeld at this table was like interviewing a razor blade; one wrong move and you'd get cut. Hagel, on the other hand, is tranquil, conversational, and ver

e no idea.” Later that evening, a concert at the Lincoln Memorial, part of an always awkward effort to imp

Haldeman and Alexander Haig; Gerald Ford’s Donald Rumsfeld and Dick Cheney; Jimmy Carter’s Hamilton Jordan;

ief operating officer, or even prime minister. Larger-than-life chiefs have included Richard Nixon’s H. R. Haldeman and Alexander Haig; Gerald Ford’s Donald Rumsfeld and Dick Cheney; Jimmy Carter’s Hamilton Jordan; Ronald Reagan’s James Baker; George H. W. Bush’s return of James Baker; Bill Clinton’s Leon Panetta,

bas, Mahmoud, 231, 299 Abe, Shinzo, 106 Abraham Lincoln, USS, 182 Abramovich, Roman, 80 Adelson, Sheldo

good grace in letting this book take such a demanding place in our lives. HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_020120 INDEX Abbas, Mahmoud, 231, 299 Abe, Shinzo, 106 Abraham Lincoln, USS, 182 Abramovich, Roman, 80 Adelson, Sheldon, 6, 141-43, 178, 289, 309 Afghanistan, 42, 263-68, 275-76 Agalarov, Aras, 254 Agenda, The (Woodw

Rose, Charlie, 309 Rosen, Hillary, 78 Rosenstein, Rod, 212, 214, 216-21, 279 Ross, Wilbur, 78, 133, 229-30 Roth, Steven, 27, 141 Rove, Karl, 57, 238 Rumsfeld, Donald, 27 Russia, 24, 37-39, 92, 151-56, 160, 190-91, 236-46, 273, 303, 307-8 Bannon on, 6—7, 238-40, 278-83 Comey and, 168-70, 210-20, 242, 244-45

rofes- sionalism and his leader- ship." said Rick Lincoln, chief of the Lantana Police Depart- ment and a

estimating $200 billion for Iraq. but that was before a monumentally mismanaged occupation and a civil war. Back then, in 2002. Defense Secretary Donald Rtunsfeld thought $50 billion to $60 billion woukl do the job, but he asked people not to hold him to a hard number. For the record, the price tag pas

" he said, "what history decides." U.S. troops and their families, as well as the Iraqis dying every day. are more than Interested" in whether Mr. Rumsfeld and President Bush are making good decisions. The generals and Mr. Rumsfeld also continued the administration's soft retreat from taking full res

rofes- sionalism and his leader- ship," said Rick Lincoln, chief of the Lantana Police Depart- ment and a

e Chairman Citicorp/Citibank, Brussels Donald H. Rumsfeld, U.S. Secretary of Defense Arthur F. Ryan, CEO,

or Development, Mexico City William D. Ruckershaus, Chairman, CEO, Browning-Ferris Ind. H. Onno Ruding, vice Chairman Citicorp/Citibank, Brussels Donald H. Rumsfeld, U.S. Secretary of Defense Arthur F. Ryan, CEO, The Prudential Insurance Co. of America Rusdu Saracoglu, President of the Finance Group, Turkey Si