Rumsfield was Reagan's pointman dealing with Saddam.
Where the hell did you get that idea? Rumsfeld was busy making money during the Reagan years. I knew someone who worked for him at G.D. Searle. He had an enormous amount of respect for Rumsfeld and described him as a very demanding man.
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"From 1977 to 1985 he served as Chief Executive Officer, President, and then Chairman of G.D. Searle & Co., a worldwide pharmaceutical company. The successful turnaround there earned him awards as the Outstanding Chief Executive Officer in the Pharmaceutical Industry from the Wall Street Transcript (1980) and Financial World (1981). From 1985 to 1990 he was in private business.
Mr. Rumsfeld served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of General Instrument Corporation from 1990 to 1993. General Instrument Corporation was a leader in broadband transmission, distribution, and access control technologies. Until being sworn in as the 21st Secretary of Defense, Mr. Rumsfeld served as Chairman of the Board of Gilead Sciences, Inc., a pharmaceutical company.
Before returning for his second tour as Secretary of Defense, Mr. Rumsfeld chaired the bipartisan U.S. Ballistic Missile Threat Commission, in 1998, and the U.S. Commission to Assess National Security Space Management and Organization, in 2000."
Who prosecuted against these abuses? hero John Kerry.
Senators don't prosecute, they investigate. BTW, I don't think that a Senatorial investigation qualifies one for "hero" status. |
