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Donald Rumsfeld
Born 1932-07-09Chicago, Illinois, USA
Donald Henry Rumsfeld (born July 9, 1932 - June 29, 2021) was an American politician and businessman. Rumsfeld served as the 13th Secretary of Defense from 1975 to 1977 under President Gerald Ford, and as the 21st Secretary of Defense from 2001 to 2006 under President George W. Bush. He is both the youngest and the oldest person to have served as Secretary of Defense. Additionally, Rumsfeld was a four-term U.S. Congressman from Illinois (1962-1969), Director of the Office of Economic Opportunity (1969-1970), Counsellor to the President (1969-1973), the United States Permanent Representative to NATO (1973-1974), and White House Chief of Staff (1974-1975).
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Cover-UpSelf - Former Secretary of Defense (archive footage)Above MajesticSelf (archive footage)The Words That Built AmericaSelf - Reader: The ConstitutionShadow WorldSelf - Politician (archive footage)15 Septembers LaterSelfThe DraftSelfLaissez-faireSelf (archive footage)JFK to 9/11: Everything is a Rich Man's TrickSelf (archive footage)We Are ManySelfThe Unknown KnownSelfThe World According to Dick CheneySelfTails You Win: The Science of ChanceRoleTop Priority: The Terror WithinSelf (archive footage)The Man Nobody Knew: In Search of My Father, CIA Spymaster William ColbySelf9/11: The Day That Changed the WorldSelfBlood and OilSelf (archive footage)Leading to WarSelfGhosts of Abu GhraibSelf (archive footage)...So Goes the NationSelf (archive footage)Blowin' in the WindSelfTorture: The Guantanamo GuidebookSelf (archival footage)WMD: Weapons of Mass DeceptionSelfUnconstitutional: The War On Our Civil LibertiesSelf (archive footage)Fahrenheit 9/11Self (archive footage)