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Rumsfeld

American

[ruhmz-feld] / ˈrʌmz fɛld /

noun

Donald, 1932–2021, U.S. secretary of defense 1975–77, 2001–06.

Rumsfeld British

/ ˈrʌmz-, ˈrʌmsˌfɛlt /

noun

Donald (Henry) . born 1932, US Republican politician and businessman: Secretary of Defense (2001–06)

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Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, channeling Metternich, identified in 2003 is the old Central Europe.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 26, 2025

The following year, he met Donald H. Rumsfeld, who had recently been appointed to helm President Richard Nixon’s anti-poverty office.

From Salon • Nov. 5, 2025

After Ford lost to Jimmy Carter in 1976, Rumsfeld went off to the corporate world, emerging occasionally to chair special commissions on policy.

From Slate • Nov. 4, 2025

A fellowship sent Cheney to Washington, where he soon began working for a politically shrewd House member who also was a lifetime influence, Donald H. Rumsfeld.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 4, 2025

Rumsfeld mentored Cheney, first in the OEO, and then in the Ford White House.

From BBC • Nov. 4, 2025

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