Donald Rumsfeld

unnoticed in the intervening years as a seemingly constant stream of funding for the military and its objectives washed over more civilian agencies such as the Department of Homeland Security and the CIA. The military’s solutions to moments of seeming international emergency were positive, prompt, and unilateral. As such, the armed forces were ready to execute orders without debate. In this, the armed forces conveyed an image of American power and world leadership. The idea that we can mobilize anywhere within hours of notice, was a very a powerful image to our enemies. Unfortunately, this image was not usually well received, according to Pfaff as it led to a miscommunication between Defense Secretary Rumsfeld and the Joint Chiefs. In Pfaff’s words, “Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld… was determined to rescue ‘civilian control of the military’ from what he considered the bloated size and gargantuan inefficiency of the Pentagon bureaucracy.” By projecting this image of power, it gave the impression that somehow this power was being stifled by any and all civilian interference into the matters of the Armed Forces…

Congress and the Media, and could lead across multiple domains which enabled him to make a lasting strategic impact to our country. In December 2006, when Sec. Gates first came to the Pentagon, his number one priority from President Bush was to turn the war around in Iraq and instill a winning strategy for victory. However trust from Congress was low and the morale among senior civilian and military leadership in the Pentagon was dismal. His predecessor, Sec Donald Rumsfeld, alienated both…

An example of an international issue where General Shelton challenged a process concerned a situation in which the Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld wanted to deliberately place an American plane in harm’s way in Iraq that could have resulted in the death of Air Force Personnel. This deliberate act would have resulted in a false justification for attacking Iraq. General Shelton’s outspokenness may have been perceived by Donald Rumsfeld as insubordination, but General Shelton demonstrated…

a fair trial. Article One, Section 9, clause 2 of the Constitution states the writ of Habeas Corpus, which requires a person under arrest to be brought before a judge or into court, to secure the person's release unless lawful grounds are shown for their detention (1). The lower courts deemed no constitutional rights extended to the Guantanamo detainees because technically Guantanamo Bay is not an American territory, but rather, it is a Cuban territory with an agreed upon American jurisdiction,…

unregulated and there is no higher authority to check and oversee the countries’ actions can cause even more internal conflicts within our own government because the three branches are unable to agree on how to handle each case. The more international conflicts arise so do new situations and cases that are hot topics within the political realms. Some examples of this, are the following case. Hamdi v. Rumsfeld and Hamdan v. Rumsfeld. Both these cases took place during a period of “peace”. The…

frontrunner of the Republican Primary candidates. It’s just a fact that in most cases, Democrats do better during a campaign when the public’s main concerns are on social issues. Republicans fare much better when that concern shifts towards worry of war or terrorism. A major ISIS terrorist event occurred in Paris, France towards the beginning of the Republican Primary. Once again, Trump shocks the world by responding with a controversial plan of banning all Muslims from entering the United…

‘No.’”. This statement may be true for some liberals, but Schlichter speaks as though this is a fact that is true in all situations. Schlichter is using this statement as if it is logos when in reality it falls into being more pathos. David Kopel expresses in his article, “Trust The People: The Case Against Gun Control.” on the CATO Institute website, his view on gun control, “Gun control is based on the faulty notion that ordinary American citizens are too clumsy and ill-tempered to be trusted…

myself. I think that what we can do to fix this problem, is to just inform others. If we allow others to form their own opinion, rather than to just agree or regurgitate what their parents or relatives say, than maybe we can make a difference. The idea that immigration is bad is an outdated and irrelevant opinion. By talking and raising awareness of the great things that immigration can bring, we can make a change in our lives and open our eyes to new culture and world views. Because I am not…

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How To Be “The Donald” Have you ever wondered what it would be like to hold the highest office in our land? The prestige, the honor, and the respect that comes with the job is what 43 men have had the chance to experience. And, this year, it was explicit that our nation would have the first women president to take the oath of the presidency. But, there is one orange, beautifully haired man, who refuses to let this transpire and is leading the charge to the democratic frontrunner, Hillary…