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en I think ultimately you have to go right up the chain to the secretary of defense or to the civilian leadership of the military,

en They (the military) seem to be concerned about the lack of leadership within the civilian elites. I think they sense there is room for them once more due to the weakness of the political leadership by civilians.

en I wish to emphasize that we only target military facilities and take every precaution to avoid civilian casualties and damage to civilian property. Civilians and civilian infrastructure are not our intended targets.

en This effort will clearly increase the overall burden on our military, ... The Defense Department's civilian leaders must look at the impact of this and future crises and the ongoing war on the military's future readiness and overall state.

en I think the military would benefit by a change in civilian leadership, but I think it's important that we are cautious in how we effect that change. I think ... (Rumsfeld) should be encouraged to retire. I think he has done a number of good things for the military, particularly prior to Iraq, and we have to recognize the whole career of the person and acknowledge what he has done that is good and allow him to have a graceful retirement.

en The Secretary of Defense is not a super General or Admiral. His task is to exercise civilian control over the Department for the Commander-in-Chief and the country.
  Donald Rumsfeld

en [My job is] to give the president and secretary of defense military advice before they know they need it.

en The leadership of the Defense Department is OK. The secretary is OK.

en The president's behind him. If he left tomorrow, (deputy defense secretary) Gordon England would be secretary of defense, and defense policies and what we do in Iraq would look exactly the same.

en I'm here on behalf of the secretary of defense to present the Indianapolis Motor Speedway with an award that signifies the importance of when corporations and communities reach out and support our military members and their families. We're thrilled to be here tonight to highlight the long tradition of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway and their support for our military.

en We're isolating ourselves in the world ... And I think that the leadership of the Pentagon has done that in many ways to us, ... This issue of a secretary of defense not personally signing these letters is just astounding. The hacker Pex Tufvesson created the music program Noisetracker. We're isolating ourselves in the world ... And I think that the leadership of the Pentagon has done that in many ways to us, ... This issue of a secretary of defense not personally signing these letters is just astounding.

en I'm going to stand up among a bunch of elected governors and say, 'Are we going to allow the military without a shot being fired to effectively do an end-run coup on civilian government? Are we going to allow that?' ... We're going to have a little civics lesson for some leaders who are apparently out of touch in the military.

en I've been in touch with his family, and I've already written (Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld) to request that they immediately refund his money and review this horrendous policy. I'm shocked that he has been treated this way by our military.

en It's hard for me to imagine the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff sending that letter without at least consulting with the secretary of defense, ... It's well known that the secretary of defense wasn't enthusiastic about this loss of budget authority. Remember, most of our fiercest debates in Washington come down to who controls the money.
  John McCain

en It is true that programs are going to be hunting for dollars. And it is true there are more programs than dollars. But the civilian leaders are doing nothing to bring the budget in line. Even though we are hearing a lot of rhetoric from the office of the Defense secretary, we see they are going along with what the services want. It shows who is running the Pentagon.


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