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Rumsfeld, a cunning leader who oversaw a ruinous Iraq war

by Robert Burns
| July 1, 2021 12:09 AM

WASHINGTON (AP) — Calling Donald H. Rumsfeld energetic was like calling the Pacific wide. When others would rest, he would run. While others sat, he stood. But try as he might, at the pinnacle of his career as defense secretary he could not outmaneuver the ruinous politics of the Iraq war.

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