Donald Rumsfeld Quotes


Executors need to be involved in the planning


Citations

Donald Rumsfeld, U. S. Secretary of Defense (Republican), U. S. Congressman (Republican, IL), White House Chief of Staff, Testimony, Senate Armed Services Committee Hearing, August 17, 2004

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Donald Rumsfeld
Donald Rumsfeld
  • Born: July 9, 1932
  • Nationality: American
  • Profession: Politician

Donald Henry Rumsfeld is a retired American politician. Rumsfeld served as Secretary of Defense from 1975 to 1977 under Gerald Ford, and again from January 2001 to December 2006 under George W. Bush. He is both the youngest and the second-oldest person to have served as Secretary of Defense. Additionally, Rumsfeld was a three-term U.S. Congressman from Illinois (1963–69), director of the Office of Economic Opportunity (1969–70), counsellor to the president (1969–73), the United States Permanent Representative to NATO (1973–74), and White House Chief of Staff (1974–75). Between his terms as Secretary of Defense, he served as the CEO and chairman of several companies.