Rumsfeld told guests at a holiday party that in this year of conflict in Iraq and Afghanistan, the U.S. military deserved the honor more than he did, which is why Army Sgts. Marquette Whiteside and Ronald Buxton and Spc. Billie Grimes turned up on Times Dec. 29 cover.
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Rummy and Gen. Myers on the press coverage of the major operations in Iraq: Pentagon Townhall Meeting, Apr. 17.
Rummy does "do tact", though the mainstream press got all over him the following weekend for this Townhall answer: he trusts the American people to find (and reward) trustworthy news sources. (^: