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Donald Rumsfeld
Now’s Not the Time to Go Soft on Former Def Sec Robert Gates
Many breathed a huge sigh of relief when George Bush appointed Robert Gates secretary of defense. Compared to Donald Rumsfeld, who he replaced, he seemed like the voice of sanity.
Opposition to Law of Sea Questioned
WASHINGTON—Richard Armitage, a former Deputy Secretary of State, says the United States should sign the U.N. Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), dismissing opposition as “absurd.”
Military Commanders Defend Law of Sea Treaty
The United States remains the only major nation that has not signed the treaty, which was initiated in 1982 and now has 162 signatories.
Former U.S. Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld Supports Tuidang
After receiving the Truman-Reagan Medal of Freedom at a wreath laying ceremony at Capitol Hill, former U.S. Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld spoke of his support for the tuidang movement, where Chinese people announce their public withdrawal from the communist party in China.
Rumsfeld Awarded for Standing Against Communism
Communism is responsible for the death of more people than any other movement in history, former U.S. Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld said upon receiving the Truman-Reagan Medal of Freedom from the Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation, at Capitol Hill on June 12.
