And we thought Bush had no post war plan for Iraq - HA!!

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I don't believe that was Rumsfeld. He doesnt ask any questions and answer them himself in that paragraph.

Sorry I forgot to cite my sources.

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The question was:

QUESTION: Mr. Secretary, how is better with a Marine group when they first went into Iraq back in May and April in which time after a month they lost no soldiers at all through the combat. I went back a year ago and we lost 8 guys within a two-week span. A couple of questions. We still continue to sort of refer to May 2003 as the end of major combat and I’m not clear on that and the second thing is why do you think it is that we haven’t been able to make Iraq more secure. Every soldier I talk to and that’s my own personal experience, every soldier I talk to or marine say that it’s much more frightening now, it’s tougher now, we’re taking more combat now and the latest reports seem that we have less security now than we did say a year ago.