Rumsfeld Book Signing Event Sept. 24 at Wash DC Navy Yard Exchange 11 am-2 pm

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Saw a Big Sign near NIH tonight. Cannot find a link online. Thought DC area folks might want to turn out for the book signing

[NYC_SKP]

1. September 24? There might be a storm that day.

If you do decide to go, don't get too near the man.

[Marie Marie]

2. Well, now I know one place I will NOT be on Sept 24 between 11 & 2.

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3. hopefully this book is full of more brainy gems like, "I don't do quagmires."

http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/d/donald_rumsfeld.html#dWI6yBqkub1hiZAa.99

I can't tell you if the use of force in Iraq today will last five days, five weeks or five months, but it won't last any longer than that.

There are known knowns. These are things we know that we know. There are known unknowns. That is to say, there are things that we know we don't know. But there are also unknown unknowns. There are things we don't know we don't know.

Death has a tendency to encourage a depressing view of war.

http://politicalhumor.about.com/cs/quotethis/a/rumsfeldquotes.htm

"As you know, you go to war with the army you have, not the army you might want or wish to have at a later time."

"[Osama Bin Laden is] either alive and well or alive and not too well or not alive."

"I am not going to give you a number for it because it's not my business to do intelligent work." -asked to estimate the number of Iraqi insurgents while testifying before Congress

"I believe what I said yesterday. I don't know what I said, but I know what I think, and, well, I assume it's what I said."

"Needless to say, the President is correct. Whatever it was he said."












Read more at http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/d/donald_rumsfeld.html#dWI6yBqkub1hiZAa.99

[Rex]

4. Kewl! If you go, ask him how he felt as a younger man

shaking hands with Saddam because they were really good buddies back in the day. How did he feel (the invasion of Iraq) about planning out and executing his old friend?