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Donald Rumsfeld, former secretary of defense for Presidents Gerald Ford and George W. Bush, has passed away. Rumsfeld was 88.
A statement released by his family via Twitter reads as follows:
“It is with deep sadness that we share the news of the passing of Donald Rumsfeld, an American statesman and devoted husband, father, grandfather, and great grandfather. At 88, he was surrounded by family in his beloved Taos, New Mexico.
“History may remember him for his extraordinary accomplishments over six decades of public service, but for those who knew him best and whose lives were forever changed as a result, we will remember his unwavering love for his wife Joyce, his family and friends, and the integrity he brought to a life dedicated to country.”
Keith Urban, a spokesman for the family, cited myeloma as the cause of death. Rumsfeld would have turned 89 on July 9.
Operating as the U.S. defense secretary between 2001-2006, Rumsfeld is notably remembered for his involvement with the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan during the George W. Bush administration.
He was also mentored by former United States Vice President Dick Cheney and was recently portrayed by actor Steve Carrell in the 2018 biographical film about the VP, Vice.
I will always remember his incredible September 10th, 2001 announcement.
For the coincidence theorists…
I’m on the fence with someone like old Donald. On the one hand I think he’d never allow the pentagon to become the woke “pentagram” that it is now, but he was also a devout Neocon.
He and the Bush/Cheney’s of the world gave new life to the military industrial complex and for decades personified the saying “Rich mans war, poor mans fight.”
The middle class has been dying in the sand for these clowns for 30 years, all the while they’ve been shipping our jobs overseas and importing cheap labor to replace us.
Right man at the right time RIP but I agree we need to get the hell out of Afghanistan 20 years and still there is just plain crazy bring the troops home all of them