Former Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld dies at 88
Former Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld has died, his family said in a statement Wednesday.
LINCOLN, Neb. (KLKN) — Former Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld has died, his family said in a statement Wednesday.
Rumsfeld was 88 years old.
“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,” the statement said.
Rumsfeld died surrounded by his family in New Mexico.
Rumsfeld was a former Illinois congressman, and served in the Nixon, Ford and Reagan administrations in various posts, as part of a career that spanned six decades.
