By Al Pessin Pentagon 09 November 2006 U.S. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld has acknowledged that things have not gone well recently in Iraq. Wednesday, President Bush announced Rumsfeld would leave the administration in the wake of the Republican...
By Al Pessin Pentagon 08 November 2006 President Bush announced Wednesday that Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld is leaving the administration. VOA Pentagon Correspondent Al Pessin reports on the man and his career. ------- Donald Rumsfeld Wednesday...
By Al Pessin Pentagon 26 October 2006 U.S. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld says it is entirely reasonable for U.S. and Iraqi officials to discuss setting benchmarks and target dates for achieving their goals during the coming year. He says some of...
By Al Pessin Pentagon 11 October 2006 U.S. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld says his main concern following North Korea's claim that it tested a nuclear explosive is that it could provide nuclear technology to other countries, and to terrorist grou...
Afghanistan By Barry Wood Tirana 27 September 2006 Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld says he expects NATO countries to supply enough troops for peacekeeping duties in Afghanistan, where attacks by Taleban rebels have risen sharply. ---- Donald Ru...
By Meredith Buel Washington 11 September 2006 Vice President Dick Cheney and Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld led the memorial service to honor the 184 people who died five years ago, when terrorists crashed a plane into the Pentagon. Vice Presiden...
By Al Pessin Pentagon 30 August 2006 The Defense Department has called on the Associated Press to correct a report that it says mischaracterized a speech by Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld on Tuesday. But the AP is standing by the story and many o...
By Al Pessin Pentagon 05 July 2006 U.S. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld says the fact that North Korea's launch of a new long-range missile failed does not diminish the threat posed by the country's missile program. The secretary spoke Wednesday,...
By Al Pessin Washington 05 June 2006 US Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld, left, talks with Vietnamese PM Phan Van Khai in Hanoi U.S. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld travels to Indonesia Tuesday...
By Al Pessin Washington 09 May 2006 Donald Rumsfeld U.S. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld has welcomed indications by Iraq's new leader that he is close to forming a national unity government, but sa...