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News -05-14-05 Plan to Reduce U.S. Military Bases (CBS News) "Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld is proposing to close and shrink hundreds of bases to create a leaner, more cost-effective force. If accepted, the plan would alter the domestic military landscape and greatly affect the four services branches and communities that are home to the installations." 5-05 -06-23-05 Rumsfeld: U.S. Not Losing Iraq War (BBC News) "Donald Rumsfeld has said the US is not losing the Iraq war and it would be a mistake to set a timetable for American troops to leave the country." 6-05 -12-10-04 Contractors Contradict Rumseld's Excuse for No Armor (USA Today) "President Bush said he understood the troops' concerns and has told military families that 'we're doing everything we possibly can to protect your loved ones.' " "A day earlier, he [Rumsfeld] had called it 'a matter of physics, not a matter of money ... It's a matter of production and the capability of doing it.' But spokesmen for two companies making armor for vehicles said Thursday they had offered to step up the pace of production:" • "Former Republican congressman Matt Salmon of Arizona, a spokesman for ArmorWorks in Tempe, Ariz., said his company will finish a $30 million contract with the Pentagon this month to make 1,500 armor kits for Humvees. 'We are at 50% capacity, and we could do a lot more,' he said. 'They are aware of it.' " • "Armor Holdings of Jacksonville told the Army last month it could add armor to as many as 550 trucks a month, up from 450, said Robert Mecredy of its aerospace and defense group. 'We're prepared to build 50 to 100 vehicles more per month,' he said." "[Army Lt. Gen. Steven] Whitcomb said the military is about 2,000 short of having 8,100 heavily protected Humvees sought by commanders in Iraq but is adding about 400 a month." "In contrast to the upbeat Pentagon assessment, the House Armed Services Committee reported that only about 1,100 medium and heavy U.S. military trucks out of some 9,000 in the Iraq and Afghanistan regions have proper protection for their cabs." 12-04 05-15-04 Report: Rumsfeld Approved Iraqi Abuses (USAToday.com) "Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld authorized the expansion of a secret program that encouraged physical coercion and sexual humiliation of Iraqi prisoners to obtain intelligence about the growing insurgency in Iraq, The New Yorker reported Saturday." 5-04 08-24-04 Panel: Top Officials, Including Rumsfeld, Responsible for Abuses (USA Today) "An independent panel investigating prisoner abuse in Iraq blamed top Pentagon officials and local commanders for creating conditions that led to "acts of brutality and purposeless sadism" toward some prisoners at the notorious Abu Ghraib prison." "But it is the first to assign some responsibility for the abuse to top Defense Department officials, including Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld. It implicitly criticized them for confusing policies regarding what was permissible in the interrogation of prisoners in Iraq and at the U.S. naval base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba." 8-04 Papers Rumsfeld as Secretary of Defense from 1975-1977 (DefenseLink.mil) Provides a summary of the style and direction of Rumsfeld's leadership as Secretary of Defense for President Ford. 1-01 Rumsfeld, Donald - Former and Current Secretary of Defense (U.S. Department of Defense) "He served as the 13th U.S. Secretary of Defense, the youngest in the country's history (1975-1977)." "From 1977 to 1985 he served as Chief Executive Officer, President, and then Chairman of G.D. Searle & Co., a worldwide pharmaceutical company. The successful turnaround there earned him awards as the Outstanding Chief Executive Officer in the Pharmaceutical Industry from the Wall Street Transcript (1980) and Financial World (1981)." "Mr. Rumsfeld served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of General Instrument Corporation from 1990 to 1993. General Instrument Corporation was a leader in broadband transmission, distribution, and access control technologies. Until being sworn in as the 21st Secretary of Defense, Mr. Rumsfeld served as Chairman of the Board of Gilead Sciences, Inc., a pharmaceutical company." "Before returning for his second tour as Secretary of Defense, Mr. Rumsfeld chaired the bipartisan U.S. Ballistic Missile Threat Commission, in 1998, and the U.S. Commission to Assess National Security Space Management and Organization, in 2000." "In 1977, Mr. Rumsfeld was awarded the nation's highest civilian award, the Presidential Medal of Freedom. 1-04 Rumsfeld, Donald H. (U.S. Trade Deficit Review Commission) Provides a biography up to the year 1977 for the new Secretary of Defense. 1-01

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