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Donald Rumsfeld

• November 22 -- Rumsfeld: Better Than Those Neo-Cons
The Times comes up with some half-hearted praise for Rumsfeld, at least compared to those "neocons."

• August 25 -- Rummy Trouble on "Eve" of Republican Convention?
Douglas Jehl's front-page story strains to make the just-released Abu Ghraib report a political problem for Bush and Donald Rumsfeld on the "eve of the convention" (still five days away).

• June 2 -- Nice Speech, Rumsfeld -- But What About Abu Ghraib?
Marc Santora covers Defense Secretary Rumsfeld's commencement speech at West Point and shoehorns in this out-of-nowhere reference: "The speech, which made no mention of the abuse of prisoners at the Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq, drew polite applause."

• May 24 -- Kristof's Anti-War "Scream" Fest
Nicholas Kristof sticks it to Bush and Rumsfeld: "Donald Rumsfeld has presided over the most foolish conflict since the War of Jenkins' Ear in the 18th century, and he is at the top of a military force that tortured prisoners. " Then he lashes out at the "neo-con ideologues who screamed for war."

• May 18 -- Celebrating Another "Independent" Republican (and Bush Critic)
Carl Hulse lauds Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham, another Republican with an "independent streak" (Times' code meaning "often sides with Democrats").

• May 10 -- Rumsfeld in the Balance
Elisabeth Bumiller sets up the gallows for Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld: "[Senator Lindsey] Graham had asked Mr. Rumsfeld a pivotal question: Could the greatly diminished prosecutor of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan still have the power to carry out his duties?" But that "greatly diminished" part didn't come from Graham.

• May 6 -- Rumsfeld Gets the Bum’s Rush, Squared
While the front page and the Web site emphasize trouble for Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, columnists Maureen Dowd and Thomas Friedman both want Rumsfeld fired, “today, not tomorrow or next month, today.”

• April 2 -- Rumsfeld's "Glass House"
Reviewing a documentary on the controversial Arab network Al Jazeera, A.O. Scott likens its anti-Americanism to remarks by Donald Rumsfeld, as if both are culpable in spreading propaganda.

• November 17 -- Overlooking Asia
Thom Shanker reports Donald Rumsfeld had never been to Asia as Bush's defense secretary--even though Shanker covered a Rumsfeld trip to Asia last year.

• October 22 -- Christian General Biased, Notes Anti-Semitic PM
A Times editorial calls for the firing of Lt. Gen. William Boykin for remarks he made to a church group--and cites as credible criticism from Malaysia's anti-Jewish prime minister.

• June 13 -- That Nasty Mr. Rumsfeld
Craig Smith gets personal in a story on Donald Rumsfeld’s visit to NATO, likening the defense secretary to a bull in a china shop: “Despite Mr. Rumsfeld's behavior, the NATO ministers managed to make striking progress on restructuring the alliance…”