Rumsfield Rethinks War on Terror

WASHINGTON
(Reuters) – The Pentagon and White House on Wednesday
defended a memorandum from Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld to top defense
officials questioning progress in the war on terrorism and warning that
the United States faced "a long, hard slog" in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Sharply diverging from more upbeat public comments, Rumsfeld wrote that
it was not possible to transform the Defense Department quickly enough
to effectively fight the anti-terrorism war.

"Are we winning or losing the global war on terrorism? Does the U.S.
need to fashion a broad, integrated plan to stop the next generation of
terrorists?" he asked.

from Reuters