saying the u.s. embassy condemns the the attacks in baghdad. the targeted christians celebrating christmas saying they are committed to the partnership with the with government of iraq trying to stop them but there are many authorities and world leaders across the planet saying christians in the middle east, their days are numbered essentially. they have been targeted throughout all of the middle east, as you point out. it s getting worse. but specifically let s the talk about iraq where this happened. 400 people have been killed in iraqed this month alone. 8,000 this year. the situation in iraq has really become a terrible downward spiral. we ve got to fix it. we have to figure out a way after all of the sacrifice we made during iraq freedom. it s just sad the obama team wasn t able to put in place a
saying the u.s. embassy condemns the the attacks in baghdad. the targeted christians celebrating christmas saying they are committed to the partnership with the with government of iraq trying to stop them but there are many authorities and world leaders across the planet saying christians in the middle east, their days are numbered essentially. they have been targeted throughout all of the middle east, as you point out. it s getting worse. but specifically let s the talk about iraq where this happened. 400 people have been killed in iraqed this month alone. 8,000 this year. the situation in iraq has really become a terrible downward spiral. we ve got to fix it. we have to figure out a way after all of the sacrifice we made during iraq freedom. it s just sad the obama team wasn t able to put in place a
indicated we still have troops in iraq. i m sorry. i indicated that you made a major speech. i indicated that you failed to put in place a status of forces agreement at the end. conflict that existed. governor, here is one thing i m, here is one thing i learned as commander-in-chief. you ve to be clear. both to our allies and our enemies, about where you stand. and what you mean. martha: folks think it wasn t so clear working for that agreement in iraq. i m joined by donald rumsfeld who served as secretary of defense under president george w. bush. he is the author of the memoir, known and unknown. secretary rumsfeld, good morning. good to have you with us today. good morning. martha: what was your overall impression of last night? well the piece you just played i think was a example of the evening. the president kept interrupting governor romney. governor romney was exactly correct. the president of the united states said he wanted a status of forces agreement. we have s
said that we should have some number of troops that stayed on. that was something that i concurred with. that was your posture, that was my posture as well. you thought it should be 5,000 troops. i thought it should have been more troops. the answer was we got no troops through whatsoever. just a few weeks ago you indicated that we should still have troops in iraq. i m sorry, i indicated that you failed to put in place a status of forces agreement at the end of the conflict that existed. governor, here is one thing i have learned as comand chief. you have got to be clear both to our allies and our enemies about where you stand and what you mean. now, you just gave a speech a few weeks ago in which you said we should still have troops in iraq. that is not a recipe for making sure that we are taking advantage of the opportunities and meeting the challenge of the middle east. now, it is absolutely true that we cannot just meet these challenges militarily. and so what i have done thr
said that we should have some number of troops that stayed on. that was something that i concurred with. that was your posture, that was my posture as well. you thought it should be 5,000 troops. i thought it should have been more troops. the answer was we got no troops through whatsoever. just a few weeks ago you indicated that we should still have troops in iraq. i m sorry, i indicated that you failed to put in place a status of forces agreement at the end of the conflict that existed. governor, here is one thing i have learned as commander and chief. you have got to be clear both to our allies and our enemies about where you stand and what you mean. now, you just gave a speech a few weeks ago in which you said we should still have troops in iraq. that is not a recipe for making sure that we are taking advantage of the opportunities and meeting the challenge of the middle east. now, it is absolutely true that we cannot just meet these challenges militarily. and so what i have d