Given 'As this exchange shows, Secretary Rumsfeld was not in the NMCC when the shootdown order was first conveyed.', does 'The shootdown order was conveyed before Secretary Rumsfeld was there.' present an opposing view?
As this exchange shows, Secretary Rumsfeld was not in the NMCC when the shootdown order was first conveyed.###The shootdown order was conveyed before Secretary Rumsfeld was there.