“There’s no debate in the world as to whether they [Iraqis] have these [nuclear] weapons. We all know that. A trained ape knows that.”
– Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, Sept. 13, 2002
“I don’t believe anyone that I know in the administration ever said that Iraq had nuclear weapons.”
– Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, May 14, 2003
“Make the American people realize they are surrounded in the world by violent extremists.”
– Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, in an internal memo, 2007