Former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld

By Kaye McIntyre

Published May 15, 2012 at 2:03 AM CDT

Donald Rumsfeld served as our nation's 13th and 21st Secretaries of Defense, serving under President Gerald Ford and George W. Bush, making him both our nation's youngest and oldest Defense Secretary.

Rumsfeld spoke at the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, on February 24, 2012, as part of a book tour promoting his memoir, Known and Unknown.

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Kaye McIntyre

Kaye starts her weekends the same way you do: with Weekend Edition Saturday, Wait Wait Don't Tell Me, This American Life, and To the Best of Our Knowledge. She started at Kansas Public Radio in 2001; in 2006, she became the producer of our weekly public affairs program, KPR Presents. In her spare time, she loves to read, travel, and attend theater.

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