Since Donald Rumsfeld has been the Secretary of Defense under George W. Bush, he is in the news a lot and more than President Bill Secretaries of Defense (Les Aspin, William Perry, and William Cohen) combined.
2006-09-02 08:30:01 · 7 answers · asked by Mr. Knowledgeable VI 7 in Politics & Government ➔ Other - Politics & Government
Well, the simple answer is that Rumseld is serving in a time of war, whereas Cohen and the rest served during peace time.
By its very nature, the position of Defense Secretary is more important and more prominent in times of war or other large scale conflicts.
This is compounded by the fact that Rumsfeld has been lambasted by not only the civilian sector, but by the very generals he commands in Iraq. In fact, many have retired just so they can speak out against him.
And last, but not least, Rumsfeld is part of an administration that is surrounded by controversy, and is constantly being scrutinized.
These factors combined make him one of the few Defense Secretaries that has become a household names. Not many people could even name Clinton's Secretaries of Defense.
2006-09-02 08:43:08 · answer #1 · answered by Monkeypup 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Simple answer...since approximately 10 months after taking office, Donnie and Georgie have been attacking more countries and starting more wars that Clinton and his Sec of Defense Secretaries.
2006-09-02 08:32:42 · answer #2 · answered by Mr. G 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I keep in mind listening to Rumsfeld speaking approximately this concept that later became into the call of his e book, and noticing one obtrusive logical omission. He reported that during Iraq, there have been "universal knowns", or issues we knew with fact; there have been "universal unknowns", or issues we've been conscious that we did no longer understand; and there have been "unknown unknowns" or issues that we did no longer understand we did no longer understand. He needless to say skipped over the class of "unknown knowns", or the flaws we concept we knew, yet that have been in certainty thoroughly fake. He additionally blew my ideas while he reported that we knew precisely the place Saddamn's prohibited WMD have been....."interior the area around Baghdad and Tikrit, and somewhat to the East, North, South, and West of there". No, he by no ability made any errors...
2016-12-18 03:41:25 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Probably because of the war going on.
2006-09-02 08:32:30 · answer #4 · answered by 'Barn 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
there's a lot of war coverage.
2006-09-02 08:40:12 · answer #5 · answered by loretta 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hitler had his civilian advisers also!
2006-09-02 09:14:00 · answer #6 · answered by bulabate 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
because he worth it
2006-09-02 08:32:13 · answer #7 · answered by crazyfrog 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋