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Rumsfeld Denies He Put Bible in Briefings

GQ writer, anonymous sources better suited to gossip beat, he says

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(Newser) – Donald Rumsfeld didn't decorate the president’s World Intelligence Update cover slides with biblical quotes, a spokesman says, and GQ reporter Robert Draper should've known better than to use anonymous sources "with an axe to grind." The slides, the spokesman says in an email to Marc Ambinder of the Atlantic, were prepared by military personnel on the Joint Chiefs, not the Defense secretary.

“The suggestion that Rumsfeld would have composed, approved of, or personally shown the slides to President Bush is flat wrong,” says the spokesman. “It did not happen. When Draper goes back and checks reality against his reporting, he might also check whether GQ is in need of a new gossip columnist.”

In this Oct. 11, 2006, file photo, then Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld pauses during a news conference at the Pentagon in Washington.
In this Oct. 11, 2006, file photo, then Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld pauses during a news conference at the Pentagon in Washington.   (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)
Former Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld attends a corridor dedication ceremony for the Department of Defense Humanitarian Relief Efforts at Home and Abroad, Tuesday, May 19, 2009, at the Pentagon.
Former Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld attends a corridor dedication ceremony for the Department of Defense Humanitarian Relief Efforts at Home and Abroad, Tuesday, May 19, 2009, at the Pentagon.   (AP Photo/Haraz N. Ghanbari)
Former Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld attends a ceremony in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2009.
Former Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld attends a ceremony in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2009.   (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
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Robert_Dada
May 20, 09 10:51 AM CDT
Why is he making that "I'm crushing you" gesture in the picture above? Reply
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skeptik
May 20, 09 2:00 PM CDT
Lets see, the masthead for these reports says "Secretary of Defense World Intelligence Update" and the Secretary of Defense had no input, apparently was not consulted and did not see these documents?? So do we all get milk & cookies with this bedtime story too? Reply
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kansas1946
May 20, 09 5:51 PM CDT
Gosh, we would NEVER doubt anything that Mr. Rumsfeld says, would we?? Reply
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bacimom
May 21, 09 8:09 AM CDT
I don't call them the repugnicans for nuttin' Reply
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