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Rumsfeld Answers Questions on Iraqi Threat
Friday, September 27, 2002
By Jim Garamone
American Forces Press Service

The United States favors the return of U.N. inspectors, Rumsfeld said. But, he added, inspections must be part of a comprehensive solution. "The issue isn't inspections; the issue is disarmament," he said.

ATLANTA -- AFIS
Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld spoke today to Georgians about the dangers of the post-Sept. 11 world and the steps the United States must take to combat these new threats.

Rumsfeld spoke to the Metro Atlanta Chamber of Commerce and tried to answer questions about Iraq and the war on terrorism. He also told the crowd that while there are "serious risks to acting, there are serious risks to not acting" as well.

While Rumsfeld has explained much of the rationale behind the war on terrorism before, this was one of the first times he has done so to such an audience. Atlanta is the business, social and transportation center for the Southeast and home to many national and regional business headquarters.

Rumsfeld told the members that the world entered a new security environment, one in which deterrence -- like that the United States maintained against the Soviet Union -- will be less effective. He said the environment is profoundly different, and America must "adjust our thinking so that we can live safely in this new environment."
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