Rumsfeld Defends U.S. War Plan

By Alex Chadwick

Published March 31, 2003 at 12:00 AM EST

Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld dismisses claims the United States was unprepared for the ground war in Iraq and says there will be no delay in the push toward Baghdad. NPR's Alex Chadwick talks to Tom Ricks of The Washington Post.

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