Glenn Kessler (journalist) neoconservative propaganda but his reporting turned out to be correct and apologies were later offered. In a lengthy article, Kessler also revealed the Bush administration's internal decision-making that led to the Iraq war. He traveled with three different Secretaries of State – Colin Powell, Condoleezza Rice and Hillary Clinton – and for several years wrote a blog about his experiences on those trips. An article he wrote on apparent tensions between Rice and Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld during a 2006 trip to Iraq was later denounced by Rumsfeld as "just fairly typical Washington Post stuff." Kessler joined "The Washington Post"
Iran–Iraq War neither reparations nor border changes. The Iran–Iraq War was originally referred to as the "Gulf War" until the Persian Gulf War of 1990 and 1991, after which it was known as the "First Persian Gulf War". The Iraq–Kuwait conflict, which was known as the "Second Persian Gulf War," eventually became known simply as the "Gulf War". The Iraq War from 2003 to 2011 has been called the "Second Persian Gulf War". In Iran, the war is known as the "Imposed War" ( ') and the "Holy Defense" ( '). State media in Iraq dubbed the war "Saddam's Qadisiyyah" (, ""),