Shortly After November 3, 2004: Rumsfeld Tells Joint Chiefs Election Win Means Public Approves of Neoconservative Policies

Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld meets with the Joint Chiefs of Staff and tells them that George Bush’s reelection demonstrates the American public’s approval of the administration’s neoconservative policies. He also makes it clear that the administration will keep US troops in Iraq and that there will be no second-guessing. [New Yorker, 1/24/2005]