From the Guardian (UK), "Bush launches PR salvo on Iraq":
The [Bush] administration is taking the 'good news in Iraq' message out into smalltown America. A series of speeches and interviews for Bush and top aides has been planned for this week with local newspapers and small television stations.
From Thursday’s Rocky Mountain News (CO), "Questions answered, Rumsfeld-style":
Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld brought his inimitable style to a Colorado Springs news conference Wednesday: He told reporter after reporter their questions were wrong.Fielding questions during a NATO defense ministers' meeting at the Broadmoor Hotel, Rumsfeld said, "Let me take your question and try to correct it."
In another case, he avoided commenting on an event by denying that it had occurred.
Another time, he laughed off a reporter's query with the statement, "You're wrong."
He was asked if the North Atlantic Treaty Organization had recovered from arguments over many allies' refusals to send troops to Iraq.
Rumsfeld said the the response by alliance countries had been "excellent." He said 11 of 19 NATO members had troops in Iraq, and six of the seven potential new members did, too.
He dismissed "all of this myth about poor response and going it alone." He did not address the small numbers of troops sent by most of those countries.
Looks like Rumsfeld isn’t making a great impression with the locals.
