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George W. Bush and Donald Rumsfeld attend a 2019 ceremony to mark the 18th anniversary of 9/11 in Washington. AFP
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In April 1969, president Richard Nixon announced the appointment of Donald Rumsfeld, left, as director of the Office of Economic Opportunity. Mr Rumsfeld, the two-time defence secretary and one-time presidential candidate, died on Tuesday. He was 88. AP Photo
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White House chief of staff Donald Rumsfeld in the Oval Office in September 1974, a month into Gerald Ford’s presidency. Getty Images
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US secretary of state Henry Kissinger, left, Deng Xiaoping, Chinese deputy prime minister, and Donald Rumsfeld sit in the banquet site at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing in 1974. AP Photo
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President Gerald Ford and presidential assistant Donald Rumsfeld huddle over bills in Vail, Colorado, in December 1974. The president was spending a working holiday at the ski resort with his family. AP Photo
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White House chief of staff Donald Rumsfeld, right, and his deputy, Dick Cheney, meet reporters at the White House in November 1975. AP Photo
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Donald Rumsfeld signs a road sign at the request of a US soldier in 2003, during a visit to troops at Baghdad's international airport. Reuters
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Donald Rumsfeld and Afghanistan president Hamid Karzai shake hands during a news conference in Kabul in 2003. Reuters
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Donald Rumsfeld, right, and Major General Geoffrey Miller, deputy director of detainee operations, visit the Abu Ghraib Prison near Baghdad in May 2004. AFP
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George W. Bush speaks about the war on terror as Dick Cheney, left, and Donald Rumsfeld look on at the Pentagon in September 2005. EPA
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Donald Rumsfeld and Cao Gangchuan, China's defence minister, attend a ceremony in Beijing in October 2005. Reuters
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Donald Rumsfeld arrives on stage to address troops in Bagram, Afghanistan, on December 22, 2005. Reuters
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George W. Bush, left, talks to Donald Rumsfeld at the United States Air Force Memorial Dedication in Arlington, Virginia, in October 2006. AFP
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George W. Bush, right, Donald Rumsfeld, left, and former CIA director Robert Gates in the Oval Office in November 2006. AFP
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Donald Rumsfeld with troops assigned to Al Asad Air Base in Iraq on December 9, 2006. AFP
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Donald Rumsfeld, second from left, during a Pentagon Memorial dedication ceremony in Arlington, Virginia, on the 2008 anniversary of the 9/11 terror attacks. Bloomberg
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Donald Rumsfeld and his wife attend a ceremony in 2011 at the place where a plane hijacked on 9/11 hit the Pentagon a decade earlier. AFP
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George W. Bush and Donald Rumsfeld attend a 2019 ceremony to mark the 18th anniversary of 9/11 in Washington. AFP
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In April 1969, president Richard Nixon announced the appointment of Donald Rumsfeld, left, as director of the Office of Economic Opportunity. Mr Rumsfeld, the two-time defence secretary and one-time presidential candidate, died on Tuesday. He was 88. AP Photo
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White House chief of staff Donald Rumsfeld in the Oval Office in September 1974, a month into Gerald Ford’s presidency. Getty Images
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US secretary of state Henry Kissinger, left, Deng Xiaoping, Chinese deputy prime minister, and Donald Rumsfeld sit in the banquet site at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing in 1974. AP Photo
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President Gerald Ford and presidential assistant Donald Rumsfeld huddle over bills in Vail, Colorado, in December 1974. The president was spending a working holiday at the ski resort with his family. AP Photo
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White House chief of staff Donald Rumsfeld, right, and his deputy, Dick Cheney, meet reporters at the White House in November 1975. AP Photo
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Donald Rumsfeld signs a road sign at the request of a US soldier in 2003, during a visit to troops at Baghdad's international airport. Reuters
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Donald Rumsfeld and Afghanistan president Hamid Karzai shake hands during a news conference in Kabul in 2003. Reuters
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Donald Rumsfeld, right, and Major General Geoffrey Miller, deputy director of detainee operations, visit the Abu Ghraib Prison near Baghdad in May 2004. AFP
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George W. Bush speaks about the war on terror as Dick Cheney, left, and Donald Rumsfeld look on at the Pentagon in September 2005. EPA
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Donald Rumsfeld and Cao Gangchuan, China's defence minister, attend a ceremony in Beijing in October 2005. Reuters
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Donald Rumsfeld arrives on stage to address troops in Bagram, Afghanistan, on December 22, 2005. Reuters
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George W. Bush, left, talks to Donald Rumsfeld at the United States Air Force Memorial Dedication in Arlington, Virginia, in October 2006. AFP
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George W. Bush, right, Donald Rumsfeld, left, and former CIA director Robert Gates in the Oval Office in November 2006. AFP
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Donald Rumsfeld with troops assigned to Al Asad Air Base in Iraq on December 9, 2006. AFP
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Donald Rumsfeld, second from left, during a Pentagon Memorial dedication ceremony in Arlington, Virginia, on the 2008 anniversary of the 9/11 terror attacks. Bloomberg
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Donald Rumsfeld and his wife attend a ceremony in 2011 at the place where a plane hijacked on 9/11 hit the Pentagon a decade earlier. AFP
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George W. Bush and Donald Rumsfeld attend a 2019 ceremony to mark the 18th anniversary of 9/11 in Washington. AFP