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Donald Rumsfeld Quote - The price of being close to the President is delivering bad news. You fail him if you don’t tell him the truth. Others won’t do it.

The price of being close to the President is delivering bad news. You fail him if you don’t tell him the truth. Others won’t do it.

Donald Rumsfeld

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