Donald Rumsfeld

reminding participants of the sacrifices of this generation and of each previous generation that have so successfully defended our freedoms.

Enemies of the legitimate Iraqi government' -- how's that

The only way the inspectors can find anything is if the Iraqi government cooperates and shows it to them, ... Inspectors can't find things. They can only inspect what they've been shown.

We're gonna turn the Iraqi election into a big pageant, ... It'll be huge, as big as my hair.

In terms of having first-hand information, I just can't imagine that he does, ... The allegation is ridiculous.

probably unmatched in history.

be useful to take a moment to retrace the actual history.

In northern Iraq, U.S. troops shut down a pipeline Rumsfeld said was supplying oil to Syria in violation of U.N. sanctions. I cannot assure you that all illegal oil flowing from Iraq into Syria is shut off, ... I just hope it is.

My hope is that they will either be killed or taken prisoner.

Our hope is that there will be no new sanctuaries or havens for terrorist networks.

We do know that the Geneva Convention makes it illegal for prisoners of war to be shown and pictured and humiliated. And it's something that the United States does not do. And needless to say, television networks that carry such pictures are, I would say, doing something that's unfortunate.

central, important and indispensable.

Since the United States here has participated in developing Afghan security forces, led a group of coalition forces and took part in activities as a NATO member here, our reduction of forces will not influence the participation of the United States in rebuilding Afghanistan.

to embark on a diplomatic initiative to work with North Korea to see if they wouldn't reverse their position of violating these three or four agreements.

Our interest is not in trying him and punishing him, ... Our interest is in finding out what he knows.

had been made generally aware that the Justice Department had an investigation going on.

It is to capture or kill the senior Taliban leadership. And it is to disarm the rest of the Taliban.

Our department doesn't do that kind of thing. It's against the law. Not to my knowledge and I would think I would have knowledge.

have been involved in training and to my knowledge, that's what we're still doing.

to my knowledge, and I think I would have knowledge.

To my knowledge, I have not seen any strong, hard evidence that links the two.

Insofar as I am aware, we have gotten everything from Saudi Arabia that we have asked them to do. I have been in touch with the Saudi leadership, and there is no question they are our friends.

You're thinking of Eurpoe as Germany and France. I don't. I think that's old Europe.

Treat each federal dollar as if it was hard earned it was - by a taxpayer.

Our task, your task... is to try to connect the dots before something happens. People say, 'Well, where's the smoking gun' Well, we don't want to see a smoking gun from a weapon of mass destruction.