Byrd critical of defense secretary
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Gannett News Service. WASHINGTON -- Sen. Robert Byrd isnât happy with Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, but the veteran Democrat has stopped short of calling for him to step down.
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The incoming deputy leader of Senate Democrats demanded answers Saturday from Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld as to why U.S. soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan lack protective equipment for themselves and their vehicles.
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The secretary of state spoke after the head of the U.N. nuclear watchdog agency assailed ânew craziesâ pushing for military action.
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The top U.S. commander in Iraq Gen. David Petraeus came under fire on Tuesday from Republicans skeptical about war strategy as well as Democrats who have demanded a swifter withdrawal of American troops
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Sen. Susan Collins is reiterating her concerns that thousands of Humvees in Iraq lack sufficient armor. In a letter to Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, Collins noted that the Senate Armed
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A critic and a champion review the general's Capitol Hill testimony.
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E-mail records show Air Force Secretary James G. Roche put pressure on opponents of a plan to lease Boeing 767 tanker aircraft.
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Secretary of Defense tempers comments with concern about continued attacks and need to build up Iraqi forces. Deadly attacks: Suicide bombers detonated two car bombs within 15 minutes of each other in Baghdad
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The US defence secretary is pressed over security at the Iraq military base where a "suicide bomber" killed 22.
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Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld&#39;s response last week to a soldier&#39;s question about substandard equipment was insulting and disingenuous to the soldier and to the rest of the nation.
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Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld was openly criticized by US troops who complained about their safety in Iraq and expressed their criticism about the departmentâs policy that requires them to stay in the military when their term ends.
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In recent weeks the secretary of state has faced increased, and somewhat unfamiliar, criticism.
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Sen. Robert C. Byrd has addressed hundreds of issues in his 49-year Senate career, but his speech Thursday was unusually personal.
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The top U.S. commander in Iraq defended his record on Thursday in the face of strong criticism from Sen. John McCain, a Republican presidential contender in 2008.
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Bloomberg - Feb. 1 (Bloomberg) -- Senator John McCain subjected General George Casey to harsh criticism at the start of a hearing today on Casey's nomination to be Army chief of staff, saying Casey presided over a deteriorating situation as commander of U.S. forces in Iraq and didn't change strategy to halt the decline.
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CAMP BUEHRING, Kuwait  - Defense Secretary Donald  Rumsfeld came under friendly fire Wednesday from troops who  took up his invitation to ask tough questions about Iraq.
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A House Democratic candidate accused Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld of lying about the progress in Iraq, a day after the Pentagon chief lashed out at critics of the Bush administration.