Donald Rumsfeld Effort Quotations

Congress, the press, and the bureaucracy too often focus on how much money or effort is spent, rather than whether the money or effort actually achieves the announced goal.

I think it's interesting that other countries wonder why they would be increasing their defense effort at the pace they are and yet not acknowledging it, ... That is as interesting as the fact that it's increasing at the pace it is.

You can be frustrated if you want, I am not. I think we've got a serious effort going on and serious work is being done,

There clearly is, has been, and I suspect will continue to be a diplomatic effort to have the North Koreans fulfill their international obligations.

We're not going to making requests of the Saudi Arabian government. We are respectful of the circumstance of the countries of the region. We understand that, ... Our interest is to create a set of conditions, a sustained effort against terrorist networks in the region.

Every effort is made to dissuade an airplane from going into any area that's prohibited, for example, ... And there are all kinds of ways that's done. It's done through radio communication. It's done through hand signals. It's done through flying in front of an airplane ... There are a lot of safeguards in place.

This effort is certainly not against the Afghan people. It's not against a race. It's not against a religion. It's against terrorists who came into the United States and killed thousands of human beings, innocent people,

It will take a broad, sustained effort that will have to use our diplomatic, our political, our economic, our financial strength, as well as our military strength, ... It will take time. It's not a matter of days or weeks. It's years. It's going to take the support of the American people and I have every confidence it'll be there.

It will take a broad sustained effort that will have to use our diplomatic, our political, our economic, our financial strength, as well as our military strength and, unquestionably, unconventional techniques, and it will take time, ... Late Edition with Wolf Blitzer.

It's not an effort against the Afghan people, ... Indeed, we are providing humanitarian assistance.