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It is a memoir of the secretary of defense donald rumsfeld and his view of things. The life and times of donald rumsfeld nyt critics pick directed by errol morris documentary, biography, history, war pg 1h 43m. February 12, 2002 clip of defense department briefing this clip, title, and description were not created by cspan. For webconnected readers, it features more than 500 links to neverbeforeavailable original documents from donald rumsfeld s extensive personal archive.
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