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April 24, 2003: Rumsfeld Says Iraq Will Not Have ‘Iranian-Style Government’

2003-04-24

Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld tells the Associated Press, “If you’re suggesting, how would we feel about an Iranian-type government with a few clerics running everything in the country, the answer is: That isn’t going to happen.” [Associated Press, 4/25/2003; Guardian, 4/25/2003]