DoD News briefing.

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M2 PRESSWIRE-23 September 2002-US DOD: DoD News briefing (C)1994-2002 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:09212002 Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld Saturday, Sept. 21, 2002 (Interview with Tony Allen-Mills, The Sunday Times London) Q: Perhaps I can begin with an obvious question. The senior members of the administration have expressed public doubt that weapons inspections are going to make very much difference in terms of reducing the threat in Iraq.

Does that mean that war is affectively inevitable at this point? Rumsfeld: No. I think it means exactly what the president said at the U.N. He was very clear. The goal is not inspections as such, the goal is disarmament. And the history of inspections suggests that they have a place in this world...