Donald Henry Rumsfeld is an American politician and businessman. Rumsfeld served as the 13th Secretary of Defense from 1975 to 1977 under President Gerald Ford, and as the 21st Secretary of Defense from 2001 to 2006 under President George W. Bush. He is youngest person to ha...
Businessperson, Politician, Military Officer, Philanthropist, Author, Public Servant
Education
Baker Demonstration School, New Trier High School in Winnetka, Illinois, Princeton University
Nationality
United States of America
Spouse
Joyce H. Pierson (m. 1954)
Children
Donald Nicholas Rumsfeld, Valerie J. Rumsfeld Richard, Marcy K. Rumsfeld Walczak
Parents
Jeannette Kearlsley, George Donald Rumsfeld
Nicknames
Rummy , Donald Henry Rumsfeld , Donny , Mad Dog , Secretary Donald Rumsfeld
Awards
All Navy Wrestling Champion (1956), The Presidential Medal of Freedom (with Distinction) by President Ford (1977), George C. Marshall Medal by the Association of the U.S. Army (1984), Dwight D. Eisenhower Medal (1993), Ronald Reagan Freedom Award (2003)
Movies
Uncovered
Star Sign
Cancer
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[observation, 2015] The idea that we could fashion a democracy in Iraq seemed to me unrealistic.
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Nineteen hijackers, using commercial airliners as guided missiles to incinerate three thousand men, women and children, was perhaps the most horrific single unknown unknown America has experienced.
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When you say, 'How can you know?'. the answer is, you can't. Wouldn't it be wonderful if we could see around corners - have our imagination anticipate every conceivable thing that could happen, and then - from that full array and spectrum - pick out the ones that will happen?
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[at a press conference, April 11, 2003] Stuff happens. But it is a fundamental misunderstanding to see those images, over and over and over again, of some boy walking out with a vase and say, 'Oh, my goodness, you didn't have a plan'.
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[on the war in Iraq] I don't do quagmires.
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I think all of us have a sense if we imagine the kind of world we would face if the people who bombed the mess hall in Mosul, or the people who did the bombing in Spain, or the people who attacked the United States in New York, shot down the plane over Pennsylvania and attacked the Pentagon, the people who cut off peoples' heads on television to intimidate, to frighten indeed the word 'terrorized' is just that. Its purpose is to terrorize, to alter behavior, to make people be something other than that which they want to be.
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My family originates from northern Germany. People there are well known for their direct and clear manner of speaking.
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We acted in Iraq because we saw the evidence in a dramatic new light - through the prism of our experience on 9/11.
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Reports that say something hasn't happened are always interesting to me because, as we know, there are known knowns - there are things we know we know. We also know there are known unknowns - that is to say we know there are some things we do not know. But there are also unknown unknowns - the ones we don't know we don't know.
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(In response to a reporter asking him why he is wearing a suit and tie at a press conference held at President Bush's ranch) "I don't own any casual clothes. Next question, please."
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Fact
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Son of George Donald Rumsfeld (b. Illinois, 10 October 1904, d. September 1974), who worked on Real Estate, and wife Jeannette Huster (b. Illinois, 27 May 1903, d. 3 May 1988).
Resigned as Secretary of Defense on November 6, 2006. His resignation was announced by President George W. Bush on November 8, 2006.
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His ancestors come from a little town named Weyhe, located a little south of Bremen in Germany.
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Having served as Secretary of Defense under both Gerald Ford (he was also chief of staff to that president in the mid-1970s) and 'George W. Bush', Donald Rumsfeld has the distinction of being both the youngest and the oldest Defense Secretary in U.S. history.
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Rumsfeld was once the All-Navy Wrestling Champion.
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Served as U.S. Ambassador to NATO (1973-1974)
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Was U.S. Congressman from Illinois (1963-1969)
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U.S. Secretary of Defense under President George W. Bush (2001-2006); previously served in that position from 1975-1977 under President Gerald Ford.
Writer
Title
Year
Status
Character
4
2009/I
Short additional dialogue
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
15 Septembers Later
2016
Documentary
The View
2016
TV Series
Himself
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2016
TV Series
Himself - Former Defense Secretary
Today
2016
TV Series
Himself - Former Defense Secretary
The Draft
2015
TV Movie documentary
Himself - Former U.S. Secretary of Defense
The Presidents' Gatekeepers
2013
TV Movie documentary
Himself
Fox and Friends
2013
TV Series
Himself
The Unknown Known
2013
Documentary
Himself
Charlie Rose
1996-2013
TV Series
Himself / Himself - Guest
Hannity
2012-2013
TV Series
Himself
Larry King Now
2013
TV Series
Himself
America's Book of Secrets
2012-2013
TV Series documentary
Himself
CBS This Morning
2013
TV Series
Himself
Lou Dobbs Tonight
2013
TV Series
Himself
Piers Morgan Tonight
2011-2013
TV Series
Himself
Independent Lens
2013
TV Series documentary
Himself
The World According to Dick Cheney
2013
Documentary
Himself
America Live
2012
TV Series
Himself
The Hunt for Bin Laden
2012
TV Movie documentary
Himself - Secretary of Defense
War on Terror
2011
Documentary
Beyond 9/11: Portraits of Resilience
2011
Documentary
Himself
Face the Nation
2005-2011
TV Series
Himself
Fareed Zakaria GPS
2011
TV Series
Himself
9/11: Day That Changed the World
2011
TV Movie documentary
Freedom Watch with Judge Napolitano
2011
TV Series
Himself
The Daily Show
2011
TV Series
Himself
Late Show with David Letterman
2011
TV Series
Himself
The Afghan Solution
2011
Video documentary
Himself
9/11 State of Emergency
2010
TV Movie documentary
Himself
Leading to War
2008
Video documentary
Himself
Loose Change: Final Cut
2007
Video documentary
Himself
American Morning
2002-2006
TV Series
Himself / Himself - Interviewee / Secretary of Defense
CNN Live From...
2001-2006
TV Series
Himself / Himself - interviewee / Secretary of Defense
CNN Live Today
2006
TV Series
Himself
Larry King Live
2004-2005
TV Series
Himself
Now
2005
TV Series documentary
Himself
Hannity & Colmes
2005
TV Series
Himself
Aristide and the Endless Revolution
2005
Documentary
Himself
Fox News Sunday
2003-2005
TV Series
Himself
Meet the Press
2001-2005
TV Series
Himself / Himself - Guest
This Week
2005
TV Series
Himself
NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt
2004-2005
TV Series
Himself
The O'Reilly Factor
2004
TV Series
Himself
Diary of a Political Tourist
2004
TV Movie documentary
Himself
Breakfast with Frost
2004
TV Series
Himself
Anderson Cooper 360°
2004
TV Series
Himself
Paula Zahn Now
2004
TV Series
Himself
ABC World News Tonight with David Muir
2004
TV Series
Himself
BBC World News
2004
TV Series
Himself
CBS Evening News with Dan Rather
2004
TV Series
Himself
Frontline
2002-2004
TV Series documentary
Himself
Without Fear or Favor: The Best in Broadcast Journalism
2004
TV Special documentary
Himself
60 Minutes
2002-2003
TV Series documentary
Himself - Defense Secretary / Himself - Secretary of Defense (segment "Iraqi Oil")
Sabine Christiansen
2003
TV Series
Himself
The Hunt for Osama bin Laden
2002
TV Movie documentary
Himself
CNN Newsroom
2002
TV Series
Himself - Interviewee / Secretary of Defense
Wolf Blitzer Reports
2002
TV Series
Himself - Interviewee / Secretary of Defense
Opération lune
2002
TV Movie
Himself
Headline News
2002
TV Series
Himself - Interviewee / Secretary of Defense
CNN Special Reports
2001
TV Series
Himself - Interviewee / Secretary of Defense
Free to Choose
1980
TV Series documentary
Himself
The Mike Douglas Show
1970-1976
TV Series
Himself - US Secy of Defense / Himself - Asst. to US President / Himself - Office of Economic Opportunity
Sammy and Company
1975
TV Series
Himself
Firing Line
1969
TV Series
Himself - Guest
Archive Footage
Title
Year
Status
Character
Marvel's Captain America: 75 Heroic Years
2016
TV Movie documentary
Himself (uncredited)
Genocide Gentleman: Class A War Criminals of UK and US
2015
Video documentary
International Desk
2014
TV Series
Himself
JFK to 9/11: Everything Is a Rich Man's Trick
2014
Video documentary
Himself
Frontline
2008-2014
TV Series documentary
Himself / Himself - Secretary of Defense
Whistleblowers: The Untold Stories
2012-2013
TV Series
Himself - Secretary of Defesne under President Bush / Himself - Secretary of Defense
Tails You Win: The Science of Chance
2012
TV Movie documentary
Himself (uncredited)
Kriegsversprechen II - Terrormanagement im 21. Jahrhundert
2012
Video documentary
Himself
Top Priority: The Terror Within
2012
Documentary
Himself - Former Secretary of Defense
Shadows of Liberty
2012
Documentary
Himself - former US Secretary of Defense
Love Lust
2011
TV Series documentary
Himself
Joschka und Herr Fischer
2011
Documentary
Himself
Voice of America News
2011
TV Series
Himself - Former Secretary of Defense
Ethos
2011/I
Documentary
Himself
Conspiracy Theory with Jesse Ventura
2009-2010
TV Series documentary
Himself
Psywar
2010
Documentary
Himself
Aftermath with William Shatner
2010
TV Series documentary
Himself
30 Rock
2010
TV Series
Himself
The Tillman Story
2010
Documentary
Himself
Operación Pandemia
2009
Video documentary short
Himself
National Geographic Explorer
2009
TV Series documentary
Himself
Iran and the West
2009
TV Series documentary
Himself
Dangerous Dynasty: The Bush Legacy
2009
Video documentary short
Himself (uncredited)
Double Take
2009
Documentary
Himself (uncredited)
The Shock Doctrine
2009
Documentary
Himself
Being W
2008
Documentary
Himself
Superpower
2008
Documentary
Himself
Blood and Oil
2008
Video documentary
Himself
Where in the World Is Osama Bin Laden?
2008
Documentary
Himself
Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson
2008
Documentary
Himself (uncredited)
I.O.U.S.A.
2008
Documentary
Himself
History of the National Security State
2008
Video documentary
Himself
60 Minutes
2001-2007
TV Series documentary
Himself - Secretary of Defense (segment "Exposing the Truth") / Himself - Secretary of Defense (segment "Secrets from Guantanamo Bay") / Himself - Secretary of Defense (segment "Condoleezza Rice") / ...
Zeitgeist
2007
Video documentary
Himself (uncredited)
War Made Easy: How Presidents & Pundits Keep Spinning Us to Death
2007
Documentary
Himself
Taxi to the Dark Side
2007
Documentary
Himself
Larry Flynt: The Right to Be Left Alone
2007
Documentary
Himself
No End in Sight
2007
Documentary
Himself
Ghosts of Abu Ghraib
2007
Documentary
Himself
Unter falscher Flagge
2007
Video documentary
Himself
911 Octopus
2006
Video documentary
Himself - U.S. Secretary of Defense
Al Jazeera English
2006
TV Series
Himself
NCIS
2006
TV Series
Himself
Insiders
2003-2006
TV Series
Himself
Have I Got News for You
2006
TV Series
Himself
Shut Up & Sing
2006
Documentary
Himself
...So Goes the Nation
2006
Documentary
Himself
Hardball with Chris Matthews
2006
TV Series
Himself
NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt
2006
TV Series
Himself - Secretary of Defense
The Human Behavior Experiments
2006
TV Movie documentary
Himself
SuperNews!
2006
TV Series
Himself
The Hour
2006
TV Series
Himself
The Road to Guantanamo
2006
Documentary
Himself (uncredited)
My Child: Mothers of War
2006
Documentary
Himself
Saddam Hussein: Histoire d'un procès annoncé
2005
TV Movie documentary
Himself
Beyond Treason
2005
Video documentary
Himself (uncredited)
Torture: The Guantanamo Guidebook
2005
TV Movie documentary
Himself (uncredited)
Why We Fight
2005
Documentary
Himself
Last Laugh '04
2004
TV Movie
Himself
Saddam Hussein: le procès que vous ne verrez pas
2004
TV Movie documentary
Himself
Unconstitutional
2004
Video documentary
Himself
Uncovered: The War on Iraq
2004
Documentary
Himself
WMD: Weapons of Mass Deception
2004
Documentary
Himself
The World According to Bush
2004
TV Movie documentary
Himself
Fahrenheit 9/11
2004
Documentary
Himself
Le 11 septembre n'a pas eu lieu...
2004
TV Movie documentary
Himself
Le grand complot
2004
TV Movie documentary
Himself
Freedom2speak v2.0
2004
Documentary
Himself
Control Room
2004
Documentary
Himself
LSD a Go Go
2004
Documentary short
Himself
The Power of Nightmares: The Rise of the Politics of Fear
2004
TV Mini-Series documentary
Himself
Our Friend Saddam
2003
TV Movie documentary
Himself
Året der gik 2003
2003
TV Special
Himself
National Geographic: 21 Days to Baghdad
2003
TV Movie documentary
Himself - Secretary of Defense
Sendung ohne Namen
2003
TV Series documentary
Himself
Bowling for Columbine
2002
Documentary
Himself (uncredited)
What Really Happened on September 11th
2002
TV Series
Himself
Won Awards
Year
Award
Ceremony
Nomination
Movie
2005
Razzie Award
Razzie Awards
Worst Supporting Actor
Fahrenheit 9/11 (2004)
Known for movies
The Unknown Known (2013) as Himself
The World According to Dick Cheney (2013) as Himself
9/11 State of Emergency (2010) as Himself
The Hunt for Bin Laden (2012) as Himself - Secretary of Defense
$15 Million
