He sure knew the most politically convenient day to announce he'd lost 2.3 trillion bucks, huh?
(CBS) On Sept. 10, 2001, Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld declared war. Not on foreign terrorists, "the adversary's closer to home. It's the Pentagon bureaucracy," he said.
According to some estimates we cannot track $2.3 trillion in transactions," Rumsfeld admitted.
He said money wasted by the military poses a serious threat.
"In fact, it could be said it's a matter of life and death," he said.
Rumsfeld promised change but the next day – Sept. 11-- the world changed and in the rush to fund the war on terrorism, the war on waste seems to have been forgotten.
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2002/01/29/eveningnews/main325985.shtml