RUMSFELD, DONALD

  • Democracy Now! May 2, 2003

    Hour 1: Did the Commander in Chief go AWOL for a year when he was in the reserves?: As President Bush co-pilots a Navy plane onto an aircraft carrier, we speak with biographer Bill Minutaglio about GW s checkered military past; The Iron Triangle: The Secret History of the Carlyle Group : Author Dan Briody…

  • Democracy Now! May 2, 2003

    Did the Commander in Chief go AWOL for a year when he was in the reserves?: As President Bush co-pilots a Navy plane onto an aircraft carrier, we speak with biographer Bill Minutaglio about GW s checkered military past; The Iron Triangle: The Secret History of the Carlyle Group : Author Dan Briody connects the…

  • Democracy Now! April 18, 2003

    Hour 1: An icon of civilian suffering: Dr. April Hurley, recently back from Baghdad, speaks about Ali Ismaeel Abbas, the badly-burned child amputee wounded in a missile strike on his house; Christian missionary groups head to Iraq to combine aid with evangelization: A debate between the Southern Baptist Convention, the Council on American-Islamic Relations and…

  • Democracy Now! April 18, 2003

    Bechtel Group wins first major Iraq reconstruction contract: This comes 20 years after Donald Rumsfeld met with Saddam Hussein seeking approval of a Bechtel-owned pipeline to run from Iraq to Jordan; The problem of the 20th century is the problem of the color-line : On the 100th anniversary of the publication of The Souls of…

  • Democracy Now! March 31, 2003

    Hour 1: The prince of darkness resigns: A look at the controversial businesses dealings of Pentagon adviser and war hawk Richard Perle; Three Dominican nuns face 50 years in prison for conducting citizens weapons inspections: Trial begins today in Colorado; What will a U.S. occupation of Iraq look like? A speech by Asla Bali of…

  • Democracy Now! March 31, 2003

    Six journalists still missing in Iraq including two from Newsday: We talk to Newsday editor Les Payne and Pacifica s unembedded reporter Jerry Quickly who was expelled from Iraq last week; War Secretary Donald Rumsfeld reportedly rejected advice from top Pentagon planners on how to invade Iraq: Former Marine & UN Weapons Inspector Scott Ritter…

  • Democracy Now! April 1, 2003

    Hour 1: Thousands of students protest outside the U.S. Supreme Court calling to preserve affirmative action; Democrats accuse House Republicans of slashing $15 billion in veterans benefits in favor of tax cuts for the rich: We look at the new House budget; Fragging returns to the frontlines: A U.S. Army Sgt. kills two fellow soldiers…

  • Democracy Now! April 1, 2003

    US troops shoot and kill at least 7 Iraqis including women and children: We go to Baghdad for a report from unembedded journalist May Ying Welsh; Rumsfeld ignored advice on top Pentagon generals on Iraq: Pulitzer Prize winning journalist Seymour Hersh on the war, Richard Perle s resignation, Gen. Barry McCaffrey & more; Don’t mess…

  • Democracy Now! August 5, 2002

    WHAT WAS DEFENSE SECRETARY DONALD RUMSFELD S DOING IN IRAQ IN 1983? |Collateral Voices: A Report From the Frontlines of Iraq. Tomorrow is the 12th anniversary of the sanctions on Iraq. Activists launch a 40-day fast outside the UN in New York. The Saddam in Rumsfeld s Closet: What was Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld doing…

  • Democracy Now! June 3, 2002

    AS INDIA AND PAKISTAN POISE FOR WAR, A LOOK AT THE LEVEL OF DESTRUCTION A NUCLEAR BLAST COULD CAUSE |9:00-9:01 Billboard: As India and Pakistan poise for war, well talk about the level of destruction a nuclear blast could cause. Then, as Israel sweeps across the west bank, the US begins to take tips from…