Donald Rumsfeld, the acerbic architect of the Iraq war and a master Washington power player who served as US secretary of defense for two presidents, has died at the age of 88.

When 9/11 occurred, Rumsfeld’s naval and pilot training – and his natural aggressiveness – came into play.

In a quirk of timing, the two-time former defense secretary’s burial at Arlington National Cemetery on Monday seemed to serve as a kind of coda to America’s 20-year lost war.

The pilot, a man in his 40s, had been wounded during the Second Battle of Fallujah, an operation that Rumsfeld oversaw as secretary of defense, which endures as the bloodiest engagement of the ...

Donald Rumsfeld, a forceful U.S. defense secretary who was the main architect of the Iraq war until President George W. Bush replaced him as the United States found itself bogged down after 3-1/2 ...

Donald Rumsfeld, the two-time defense secretary who steered America to war in Afghanistan and Iraq, has died at 88.His office released a statement on Wednesday that said Rumsfeld died surrounded ...

Donald Rumsfeld, the secretary of defense for Presidents Gerald Ford and George W. Bush, who presided over America’s Cold War strategies in the 1970s and, in the new world of terrorism decades ...

Donald Rumsfeld, the former U.S. defense secretary who was the main architect of the Iraq war, died at age 88, his family said Wednesday.

Donald H. Rumsfeld, Defense Secretary During Iraq War, Is Dead at 88 Mr. Rumsfeld, who served four presidents, oversaw a war that many said should never have been fought.

Donald Rumsfeld, the secretary of defense for Presidents Gerald Ford and George W. Bush, who presided over America’s Cold War strategies in the 1970s and, in the new world of terrorism decades ...

Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld gestures during a news conference at the Pentagon in 2005. According to his family, former U.S. Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld has passed away. (Photo by ...

WASHINGTON • Donald Rumsfeld, the two-time defense secretary who steered America to war in Afghanistan and Iraq, has died at 88.