Rumsfeld backs off from media battles in last days
63242
Donald Rumsfeld, once famous for his combative news conferences, has chosen to limit his media contacts to friendly audiences in his final days as defense secretary rather than do battle one last time.
721327
Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld said he essentially was too busy to testify at a public hearing on the Iraq war, raising a new furor on Capitol Hill over the three-year-old conflict.
78085
US Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld was forced to go into damage control mode Monday hours after a statement he made began to spread through the media.
759509
NEW YORK - US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said today there is no &quot;hard evidence&quot; linking deposed Iraqi president Saddam Hussein to Al Qaeda.
575638
A majority of Americans now say the war in Iraq was not worth fighting, a view that has driven down the ratings of both President Bush and Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, according to an ABC News/Washington Post poll released on Monday.
744089
The Pentagon has acknowledged that Donald H. Rumsfeld did not sign condolence letters to the families of soldiers killed in Iraq, but it said that from now on the embattled defense secretary would stop the use of signing machines and would pick up the pen himself.
427313
Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld gestures during a news conference on Wednesday, Dec. 22, 2004 in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci).
754183
MUNICH, Feb. 12 -- Speaking in a nation whose leaders have consistently criticized the U.S.-led war in Iraq, Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld on Saturday told a gathering of top security officials here that global allies can surmount their differences in order to fight a worldwide war on extremism.
752427
Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld on  Tuesday denied lobbying behind the scenes to scuttle  intelligence reforms backed by President Bush, and said he  supports Bush's position.
391854
The presidential candidates' opposed images of the war reflect opposed strategies for the final weeks of the campaign.
579628
Outgoing Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, a lightning rod for critics of the Iraq war, urged the United States on Friday not to retreat in the face of "the agonies and ugliness of combat."
636807
Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld left the Pentagon with a combative speech about American power.
688398
Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld delivered an impassioned defense of himself Wednesday, saying at a Pentagon news conference that U.S. casualties in Iraq affect him profoundly.
139873
Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld's future has been in doubt amid spreading violence and U.S. deaths in Iraq. Whether he would remain in his job was one of the last big question marks about President Bush's second-term Cabinet.
518416
Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld delivered an impassioned defense of himself yesterday, saying at a Pentagon news conference that US casualties in Iraq affect him profoundly.
576361
Outgoing Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld has been on the "farewell" circuit of late, going to see the troops in Iraq, saying goodbye to various folks at the Pentagon and around town.
78924
WASHINGTON -- Despite continued criticism of his handling of the war in Iraq, Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld won strong backing yesterday from the White House and key Republicans in Congress.