Donald Rumsfeld

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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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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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State of Denial about Donald Rumsfeld
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Gerald Ford administration cabinetMember Donald Rumsfeld
G. D. Searle & Company chairman Donald Rumsfeld
State of Denial criticizes Donald Rumsfeld
Bush at War depicts Donald Rumsfeld
Donald Rumsfeld familyName Donald Rumsfeld self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Rumsfeld
Plan of Attack featuresPerson Donald Rumsfeld
Donald Rumsfeld fullName Donald Rumsfeld self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Donald Henry Rumsfeld
The Hill School hasAlumnus Donald Rumsfeld
G. D. Searle & Company notableEmployee Donald Rumsfeld
Joyce Pierson Rumsfeld notableRelative Donald Rumsfeld
Joyce Pierson Rumsfeld spouse Donald Rumsfeld