Donald Rumsfeld

Events (458)

• July 22, 1970: Nixon, Aides Plan Dissemination of Secret Campaign Funds 1970-07-22
• August 1-2, 1974: Nixon Aides Attempt to Engineer Pardon Deal from Ford 1974-08-01
• August 9, 1974: Gerald Ford Replaces Nixon as President 1974-08-09
• August 14, 1974: Haig Pushes Rumsfeld for White House Chief of Staff 1974-08-14
• August 14, 1974: Ford Narrows VP List to Bush, Rockefeller 1974-08-14
• August 16-17, 1974: Rockefeller Asked to Accept Vice Presidency 1974-08-16
• August 18, 1974: Bush Connection to Nixon Campaign ‘Slush Fund’ Revealed 1974-08-18
• September 21, 1974 and After: Rumsfeld, Cheney Take Power in White House 1974-09-21
• November 20-21, 1974: Freedom of Information Act Strengthened by Congressional Amendments 1974-11-20
• December 19, 1974 and After: Rockefeller Sworn in as Vice President; Influence Blocked by Rumsfeld, Right-Wingers 1974-12-19
• May 15, 1975 and After: Investigations Probe Operation Shamrock, Lead to Passage of FISA Law 1975-05-15
• May 25, 1975: Journalist Reveals US Spy Program; Cheney Recommends Burglaries and Indictments as Retaliation 1975-05-25
• November 4, 1975 and After: ’Halloween Massacre’ Places Rumsfeld, Cheney in Power 1975-11-04
• November 4, 1975: Defense Secretary’s Firing Shows Ford Afraid of Standing up to USSR, Conservatives Claim 1975-11-04
• Before November 4, 1975: George H. W. Bush Named CIA Director to Suit Rumsfeld’s Political Aspirations 1975-11-04
• June 18, 1979-Winter 1979: US, USSR Sign SALT II Agreement; Senate Refuses to Ratify 1979-06-18
• December 19, 1983: Rumsfeld Visits Middle East to Deepen US Diplomatic Relations with Iraq 1983-12-19
• December 20, 1983: Rumsfeld Meets with Hussein, Promises US Support 1983-12-20
• March 24, 1984: Shultz Wants Rumsfeld to Mend Fences with Iraq Over Chemical Weapons Accusations, Oil Access 1984-03-24
• March 26, 1984: Rumsfeld, Aziz Discuss Aqaba Oil Pipeline 1984-03-26
• January 26, 1998: Neoconservative Think Tank Urges US to Attack Iraq 1998-01-26
• February 19, 1998: Neoconservative Group Calls on US to Help Overthrow Hussein 1998-02-19
• July 15, 1998: Rumsfeld’s Ballistic Missile Committee Says Chief Threat to US Is from Iran, Iraq, and North Korea 1998-07-15
• December 28, 2000: Bush Chooses Rumsfeld as Defense Secretary over Objections of Father’s Friends 2000-12-28
• January 7, 2001: Rumsfeld Report Echoes ‘New Pearl Harbor’ Language 2001-01-07
• January 10, 2001 and After: Commission Finds Threat of Russian ‘Loose Nukes’ Most Threatening to US Security; Bush Administration Cuts Nuke Security Programs 2001-01-10
• January 11, 2001: Rumsfeld Warns of Surprise Attack Like Pearl Harbor 2001-01-11
• January 11, 2001: Wolfowitz Becomes Deputy Secretary of Defense 2001-01-11
• January 11, 2001: National Security Committee Warns of ‘Space Pearl Harbor’ 2001-01-11
• January 20, 2001 and After: Cheney’s People Take Control of Large Areas of Bush Administration, Begin Expansion of Presidential Power 2001-01-20
• January 27, 2001: Confirmation of Al-Qaeda’s Role in USSColeBombing Triggers No Immediate US Response 2001-01-27
• January 30, 2001: First National Security Council Meeting Focuses on Iraq and Israel, Not Terrorism 2001-01-30
• January 31, 2001: Bipartisan Commission Issues Final Report on Terrorism, but Conclusions Are Ignored 2001-01-31
• February 1, 2001: Rumsfeld Wants to Get Rid of Hussein in Iraq; Envisions Iraq After Hussein Is Gone 2001-02-01
• February 12, 2001: Rumsfeld Says Iraq Probably Not Nuclear Threat 2001-02-12
• February 21, 2001: US and British Forces Bomb Iraqi Military Facilities, Leading to Conflict within US Military Leadership 2001-02-21
• After March 7, 2001: Bush Administration Uninterested in ‘Multilateral Coordination’ with European Allies, according to Foreign Ministers 2001-03-07
• March 7, 2001: Bush Snubs South Korean President, Refuses to Continue Nuclear Dialogue with North Korea 2001-03-07
• March 14, 2001: Secretary of Defense Rumsfeld Sends Members of the Joint Chiefs of Staff a Book Excerpt about the Attack on Pearl Harbor 2001-03-14
• March 20, 2001: Rumsfeld Begins Transformation of Defense Department 2001-03-20
• April 25, 2001: Bush Mistakenly Redefines Twenty-Year US Policy Towards China and Taiwan, Then Backtracks 2001-04-25
• May 23-24, 2001: Rumsfeld Warns of Inevitability of Strategic Surprise; Refers to Pearl Harbor 2001-05-23
• After May 31, 2001: White House PR Group Successful at Marketing War on Terror, Iraq Focus 2001-05-31
• June 1, 2001: Revised Hijacking Procedure Outlines Defense Department Responsibilities 2001-06-01
• July 3, 2001: Rare Discussion Takes Place Between National Security Advisers on Terrorism 2001-07-03
• July 10, 2001: CIA Director Gives Urgent Warning to White House of Imminent, Multiple, Simultaneous Al-Qaeda Attacks, Possibly Within US 2001-07-10
• July 11-17, 2001: Rumsfeld and Ashcroft Receive Urgent Al-Qaeda Warning Recently Given to White House 2001-07-11
• July 23, 2001: Secretary of Defense Rumsfeld Writes a Note, Warning of a ‘Modern-Day’ Pearl Harbor 2001-07-23
• September 2, 2001: Time Magazine: Powell Increasingly Marginalized in Bush Administration 2001-09-02
• September 4, 2001: Cabinet-Rank Advisers Discuss Terrorism, Approve Revised Version of Clarke’s Eight Month-Old-Plan 2001-09-04