"Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld went to Kuwait Wednesday to lead a morale-lifting town hall discussion with Iraq-bound troops. Instead, he found himself on the defensive, fielding pointed questions from soldiers complaining about aging vehicles that lacked armor for protection against roadside bombs."
Best Question:
Solider to Rumsfeld: “Why do we soldiers have to dig through local landfills for pieces of scrap metal and compromised ballistic glass to uparmor our vehicles?”
Best Answer:
Rumsfeld to troops (after a "murmur began spreading through the ranks") : "Now, settle down, settle down. Hell, I'm an old man, it's early in the morning and I'm gathering my thoughts here."
[Source: NYT]
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