Rumsfeld Explains Why He Nixed His CIA Briefings in 2004
- 12 years ago
Rumsfeld Explains Why He Nixed His CIA Briefings in 2004
The Hoover Institution - Hoover Institution
Beginning with the successful campaign in Afghanistan, which broke with American military tradition, and tackling all that went wrong in Iraq, former Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld offers behind-the-scenes insights into how wartime decisions were made. He discusses interagency (Defense, State, and CIA) friction during the Iraq war and President Bush's critical decision, in the face of considerable opposition, to "surge" additional troops into the conflict. Finally, Rumsfeld discusses the challenges that America faces as we struggle to deal with twenty-first century conflicts in the face of the information explosion -- offering the hopeful opinion that "we will figure out a way as a people, we will figure out a way."
The Hoover Institution - Hoover Institution
Beginning with the successful campaign in Afghanistan, which broke with American military tradition, and tackling all that went wrong in Iraq, former Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld offers behind-the-scenes insights into how wartime decisions were made. He discusses interagency (Defense, State, and CIA) friction during the Iraq war and President Bush's critical decision, in the face of considerable opposition, to "surge" additional troops into the conflict. Finally, Rumsfeld discusses the challenges that America faces as we struggle to deal with twenty-first century conflicts in the face of the information explosion -- offering the hopeful opinion that "we will figure out a way as a people, we will figure out a way."