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Donald Rumsfeld

"Politics is human beings; it's addition rather than subtraction."

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"Politics is human beings; it's addition rather than subtraction."

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"See that the President, the Cabinet and staff are informed. If cut out of the information flow, their decisions may be poor, not made, or not confidently or persuasively implemented."
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