Donald Rumsfeld

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American politician businessperson human

Donald Rumsfeld was an American politician and businessman best known for serving twice as U.S. Secretary of Defense, including during the George W. Bush administration and the Iraq War.

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Donald Rumsfeld canonical 26
Donald H. Rumsfeld, Secretary of Defense 1
Donald Henry Rumsfeld 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf American politician ⓘ
businessperson ⓘ
human ⓘ
awardReceived Department of Defense Medal for Distinguished Public Service ⓘ
Presidential Medal of Freedom ⓘ
boardMemberOf ABB ⓘ
Gilead Sciences (board member) ⓘ
surface form: Gilead Sciences
causeOfDeath multiple myeloma ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1932-07-09 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 2021-06-29 ⓘ
degree A.B. in political science ⓘ
educatedAt New Trier High School ⓘ
Princeton University ⓘ
employer G. D. Searle & Company ⓘ
General Instrument Corporation ⓘ
Gilead Sciences (board member) ⓘ
familyName Donald Rumsfeld self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Rumsfeld
fullName Donald Rumsfeld self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Donald Henry Rumsfeld
givenName Donald ⓘ
memberOfPoliticalParty Republican Party ⓘ
surface form: Republican Party (United States)
militaryBranch United States Navy ⓘ
militaryRank naval aviator ⓘ
notableQuote Reports that say that something hasn’t happened are always interesting to me, because as we know, there are known knowns; we also know there are known unknowns. ⓘ
There are known knowns; there are things we know we know. ⓘ
notableWork leadership of U.S. Department of Defense during the Iraq War ⓘ
oversight of U.S. invasion of Afghanistan (2001) ⓘ
numberOfChildren 3 ⓘ
officeEndTime 1977-01-20 ⓘ
2006-12-18 ⓘ
officeStartTime 1975-11-20 ⓘ
2001-01-20 ⓘ
placeOfBirth Chicago, Illinois, United States ⓘ
placeOfDeath Taos, New Mexico, United States ⓘ
positionHeld Member of the U.S. House of Representatives ⓘ
United States Ambassador to NATO ⓘ
United States Secretary of Defense ⓘ
White House Chief of Staff ⓘ
precededBy James R. Schlesinger ⓘ
William Cohen ⓘ
religion Presbyterianism ⓘ
residence Taos, New Mexico, United States ⓘ
Washington, D.C. ⓘ
surface form: Washington, D.C., United States
servedIn George W. Bush ⓘ
surface form: George W. Bush administration

Gerald Ford administration ⓘ
Nixon administration ⓘ
surface form: Richard Nixon administration
serviceEnd 1957 ⓘ
serviceStart 1954 ⓘ
spouse Joyce Pierson Rumsfeld ⓘ
succeededBy Harold Brown ⓘ
Robert M. Gates ⓘ
surface form: Robert Gates

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White House Chief of Staff → positionHeldBy → Donald Rumsfeld ⓘ
Gerald Ford administration → cabinetMember → Donald Rumsfeld ⓘ
Donald Rumsfeld → fullName → Donald Rumsfeld self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Donald Henry Rumsfeld
Donald Rumsfeld → familyName → Donald Rumsfeld self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Rumsfeld
The Hill School → hasAlumnus → Donald Rumsfeld ⓘ
Bush at War → depicts → Donald Rumsfeld ⓘ
Plan of Attack → featuresPerson → Donald Rumsfeld ⓘ
State of Denial → criticizes → Donald Rumsfeld ⓘ
State of Denial → about → Donald Rumsfeld ⓘ
Committee on the Present Danger → notableMember → Donald Rumsfeld ⓘ
William Cohen → succeededInOfficeAsSecretaryOfDefenseBy → Donald Rumsfeld ⓘ
In My Time: A Personal and Political Memoir → notablePersonDescribed → Donald Rumsfeld ⓘ
G. D. Searle & Company → notableEmployee → Donald Rumsfeld ⓘ
G. D. Searle & Company → chairman → Donald Rumsfeld ⓘ
G. D. Searle & Company → CEO → Donald Rumsfeld ⓘ
Department of Defense Medal for Distinguished Public Service → notableRecipient → Donald Rumsfeld ⓘ
Joyce Pierson Rumsfeld → spouse → Donald Rumsfeld ⓘ
Joyce Pierson Rumsfeld → associatedWith → Donald Rumsfeld ⓘ
Joyce Pierson Rumsfeld → notableRelative → Donald Rumsfeld ⓘ
New Trier High School → hasNotableAlumnus → Donald Rumsfeld ⓘ
Ford administration → cabinetMember → Donald Rumsfeld ⓘ
opinion in Hamdan v. Rumsfeld → party → Donald Rumsfeld ⓘ
opinion in Rasul v. Bush → respondent → Donald Rumsfeld ⓘ
this entity surface form: Donald H. Rumsfeld, Secretary of Defense
Vice → portrays → Donald Rumsfeld ⓘ
subject surface form: Vice (2018 film)
“No Higher Honor: A Memoir of My Years in Washington” → notablePersonDescribed → Donald Rumsfeld ⓘ
subject surface form: No Higher Honor: A Memoir of My Years in Washington
George W. Casey Jr. → appointedBy → Donald Rumsfeld ⓘ
Winnetka, Illinois, United States → hasNotableResident → Donald Rumsfeld ⓘ
subject surface form: Winnetka, Illinois
W. → portrays → Donald Rumsfeld ⓘ
subject surface form: W. (film)
Project for the New American Century → keyPerson → Donald Rumsfeld ⓘ