{"id":930,"date":"2001-11-01T16:23:07","date_gmt":"2001-11-01T21:23:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/?p=930"},"modified":"2001-11-01T16:23:07","modified_gmt":"2001-11-01T21:23:07","slug":"press_release","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2001\/11\/01\/press_release.html","title":{"rendered":"Press release"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>Now <i>that&#8217;s<\/i> a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.defenselink.mil\/news\/Nov2001\/b11012001_bt560-01.html\">press release<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p>Secretary of Defense Rumsfeld on the press constantly asking, &#8220;Are we there yet?  Are we there yet?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"block\">In the end, war is not about statistics, deadlines, short attention spans, or 24-hour news cycles. It is about will &#8212; the projection of will, the clear, unambiguous determination of the President and the American people to see this through to certain victory.<\/p>\n<p>Worth reading.<\/p>\n<p><small>(Via <a href=\"http:\/\/instapundit.blogspot.com\/2001_10_28_instapundit_archive.html#6793215\">InstaPundit<\/a>)<\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Now that&#8217;s a press release Secretary of Defense Rumsfeld on the press constantly asking, &#8220;Are we there yet? 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