WASHINGTON Donald Rumsfeld – controversial Defense Secretary and architect of the Iraq war – died Tuesday in Taos, New Mexico, days before his 89th birthday, his family confirmed Wednesday.

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Donald Rumsfeld, who served twice as U.S. secretary of defense and who was an architect of America's wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, has died. He was 88. "It is with deep sadness that we share the ...

Donald Rumsfeld served twice as Defense secretary, for Gerald Ford and George W. Bush. After the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, Rumsfeld let the Pentagon's attacks on al-Qaida in Afghanistan.

Donald Rumsfeld, the two-time defense secretary best known for serving in that position at the height of the Iraq War, has died. He was 88. The Illinois native passed away at his home in Taos ...

Donald Rumsfeld’s passing Tuesday has unleashed a blizzard of over-the-top criticism of the controversial former secretary of State. The Atlantic dubbed him “the worst secretary of defense in ...

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Donald Rumsfeld, the acerbic architect of the Iraq war and a master Washington power player who served as US secretary of defense for two presidents, has died at the age of 88. The pugnacious ...

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