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Secretary Rumsfeld with U.S. Troops at Bagram

Tuesday, 18 December 2001, 10:58 am | US Department of Defence

I've had a busy day. We've had a good visit with Mr. [Hamed] Karzai [the designated leader of Afghanistan's new interim government] and Mr. Fahim Kahn [the new defense secretary designate]. Then we had an opportunity to go around the base and see an ... More >>

Rumsfeld Media Availability en route to Ireland

Tuesday, 18 December 2001, 10:57 am | US Department of Defence

Rumsfeld: You asked me (earlier) about BRAC [base realignment and closure]. Yes, I slept on it and I am not going to recommend it be vetoed. The BRAC provision, needless to say, I wished had been earlier, but it is in there, and there are a number of ... More >>

Rumsfeld-President of Georgia Press Conference

Tuesday, 18 December 2001, 10:57 am | US Department of Defence

Shevardnadze: (through translator) First of all let me take the opportunity to welcome to Georgia's capital the United States secretary of Defense and his delegation. I am delighted to note that the secretary and I have been friends and have worked together ... More >>

Secretary Rumsfeld Interview with Business Week

Tuesday, 18 December 2001, 10:55 am | US Department of Defence

Q: It looks like the battle for Kandahar is at a climactic point. There's some confusion about the role of U.S. Marines as to whether they will or will actually be participating in securing the city. What -- More >>

News Briefing - Secretary Rumsfeld and Gen. Myers

Friday, 14 December 2001, 4:54 pm | US Department of Defence

DOD News Briefing Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld Thursday, December 13, 2001 - 1:00 p.m. EST More >>

Clarke Meeting with DoD National Media Pool Bureau

Friday, 14 December 2001, 11:45 am | US Department of Defence

(Meeting with DoD National Media Pool bureau chiefs. Handouts distributed at the meeting are on the Web at http://www.defenselink.mil/news/Dec2001/d20011213media.pdf ) More >>

U.S. Releases Videotape Of Osama Bin Laden

Friday, 14 December 2001, 11:37 am | US Department of Defence

The U. S. government released today a copy of a videotape of Osama bin Laden obtained by U.S. forces in Jalalabad, Afghanistan in late November. More >>

Air Force and Navy Officers in B-1 Rescue

Thursday, 13 December 2001, 4:35 pm | US Department of Defence

DoD News Briefing Air Force and Navy Officers in B-1 Rescue Wednesday, December 12, 2001 - 4:20 p.m. EST More >>

Briefing on Special Operations Forces Capabilities

Thursday, 13 December 2001, 4:34 pm | US Department of Defence

DoD News Briefing Robert Andrews, PDASD for Special Operations and Low-Intensity Conflict Wednesday, December 12, 2001 - 3 p.m. EST More >>

DoD News Briefing - ASD PA Clarke and Gen. Pace

Thursday, 13 December 2001, 3:16 pm | US Department of Defence

DoD News Briefing Victoria Clarke, ASD PA Wednesday, December 12, 2001 - 1 p.m. EST More >>

DoD News Briefing 11/12 - Rumsfeld and Gen. Myers

Thursday, 13 December 2001, 10:26 am | US Department of Defence

Rumsfeld: Good morning. As you know, earlier this morning we held a memorial service outside the site of the crash, saluting those who died in the attacks on America just three months ago today. The terrorists killed nearly 200 of our colleagues and ... More >>

Wolfowitz Media Availability in New York City

Wednesday, 12 December 2001, 4:47 pm | US Department of Defence

Wolfowitz: It's a great day. The weather for a commissioning like this is just fantastic. I must say, I am a New Yorker myself. I was born in upstate New York. New York is doing the country proud and the country's proud of New York. It's great to be here. More >>

DoD News Briefing 10/12 - Wolfowitz & Stufflebeem

Tuesday, 11 December 2001, 12:52 am | US Department of Defence

Wolfowitz: Tomorrow, of course, is December 11th, and that marks three months since the attacks on the World Trade Center and on this building. We've made, I think, a lot of progress in that time, not only in the war in Afghanistan, but in the worldwide ... More >>

Wolfowitz Media Stakeout at ABC

Tuesday, 11 December 2001, 12:48 am | US Department of Defence

Q: You've seen the bin Laden tape. If in fact it is or can be characterized as a smoking gun why wouldn't it help the United States to release the tape and possibly (inaudible) coalition? More >>

Wolfowitz IV with Middle East Broadcasting Center

Tuesday, 11 December 2001, 12:47 am | US Department of Defence

Wolfowitz: I'm not in the position of breaking news because if we get some of our (inaudible) for themselves. The only thing I would say that's different, the things we get over the news and the things we get from our own sources (inaudible). For ... More >>

Wolfowitz Interview with CNN Late Edition

Monday, 10 December 2001, 10:08 am | US Department of Defence

: The Taliban appears to be crushed in Afghanistan. What's the next mission as far as the U.S. military is concerned on the ground right now? Wolfowitz: You know, every time I hear "appears to be," a little caution goes up. I mean Kandahar still looks ... More >>

Rumsfeld Interview with the Washington Post

Monday, 10 December 2001, 10:06 am | US Department of Defence

Rumsfeld: The only thing that's changed really in the last day or so has been what's taking place in Kandahar. In the north and the west, the what we used to call opposition forces, and I suppose we should for a few more days, are going after pockets of Taliban ... More >>

Gen. Myers Interview with CBS Face the Nation

Monday, 10 December 2001, 10:05 am | US Department of Defence

Schieffer: Mohammad Amin, who says he speaks for the anti-Taliban forces in Afghanistan, reports this morning that Osama bin Laden himself has taken command of a force of a thousand men in the eastern region of Afghanistan. Do you put any credibility in ... More >>

Wolfowitz Interview with ABC This Week

Monday, 10 December 2001, 10:04 am | US Department of Defence

Q: Do you know where Omar is? Do you know where Osama bin Laden is? Wolfowitz: I wish I did know. And if we knew, obviously, they wouldn't be there very long. We are looking as hard as we can. We're tracing every report that comes our way. I think ... More >>

Stakeout on Capitol Hill with Rumsfeld & Gen. Pace

Monday, 10 December 2001, 10:04 am | US Department of Defence

Rumsfeld: We just had a good meeting with a very large percentage of the members of the United States Senate, both parties, on the subject of the war on terrorism, and are headed back to the Pentagon unless one of you may or may not have a question. More >>

   

 
 
 
 
 

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