Former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld Dies

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Former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld has passed away at the age of 88. His family announced his death in a statement Wednesday afternoon.

https://twitter.com/RumsfeldOffice/status/1410315512966434818

The AP writes:

Regarded by former colleagues as equally smart and combative, patriotic and politically cunning, Rumsfeld had a storied career under four presidents and nearly a quarter century in corporate America.
In 2001 he began his second tour as Pentagon chief under President George W. Bush, but his plan to “transform” the armed forces was overshadowed by the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. He oversaw the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan and the 2003 overthrow of Saddam Hussein in Iraq, where he was blamed for setbacks including the Abu Ghraib prisoner abuse scandal and for being slow to recognize a violent insurgency.

BREAKING: Donald Rumsfeld, who served as secretary of Defense under Presidents Gerald Ford and George W. Bush, has died, according to his family. He was 88. pic.twitter.com/jISkjh6dr9
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