Meanwhile Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld appeared before the Senate Appropriations Committee on Thursday seeking $65 billion more for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. He was pressed repeatedly about how the U.S. would deal with a civil war in Iraq. Rumsfeld said the plan is to “have the Iraqi security forces deal with it to the extent they’re able to.”
Rumsfeld: Iraq Security Forces Will Deal With Civil War
HeadlineMar 10, 2006