Rumsfeld Defends Iraq War, Bush Policy

NPR | By Eric Westervelt

Published February 7, 2004 at 12:00 AM EST

On a visit to Europe, U.S. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld gives a spirited defense of the U.S. decision to go to war in Iraq and the wider policy of pre-emption. Rumsfeld spoke at the annual Munich Conference on Security Policy. NPR's Eric Westervelt reports.

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