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Rumsfeld's Office Responds to GQ
corner.nationalreview.com - 5/20/2009
Rumsfeld's Office Responds to GQ
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Statement by Keith Urbahn Office of Donald Rumsfeld GQ's "Facts" on Rumsfeld The slides in the "World Intelligence Update" were prepared on a daily basis by military personnel serving on the Joint Staff, which reported to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs, not the Secretary of Defense. The ...
AND HE SHALL BE JUDGED: GQ Features on men.style.com
men.style.com - 5/17/2009
AND HE SHALL BE JUDGED: GQ Features on men.style.com
— men.style.com — Former defense secretary Donald Rumsfeld has always answered his detractors by claiming that history will one day... judge him kindly. But as he waits for that day, a new group of critics his administration peers are suddenly speaking out for the first ... (more) AND HE SHALL BE JUDGED: GQ Features on men.style.com

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men.style.com - 5/17/2009
AND HE SHALL BE JUDGED: GQ Features on men.style.com
— men.style.com — Former defense secretary Donald Rumsfeld has always answered his detractors by claiming that history will one day... judge him kindly. But as he waits for that day, a new group of critics his administration peers are suddenly speaking out for the first ... (more) AND HE SHALL BE JUDGED: GQ Features on men.style.com

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politico.com - 5/19/2009
Rumsfeld disputes GQ report
— politico.com — An aide to former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, Keith Urbahn, e-mails to contest a widely-discussed GQ article... by Robert Draper, which suggested that Rumsfeld "appreciated" the practice of quoting Biblical quotations on the cover ... (more) Rumsfeld disputes GQ report

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Mudville Gazette:  Damned if you do...

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Damned if you do...
Mudville Gazette — ... Given that Draper used anonymous sources for this charge as well as for the rest of the innuendo in his piece, one would think he might have at least done a cursory review of the facts. He might then have avoided being taken by people with an axe grind. When Draper goes back and checks reality against his reporting, he might also check whether GQ is in need of a new gossip columnist. [Link] ...

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