Donald Rumsfeld

Events (458)

• September 6, 2001: Defense Secretary Rumsfeld Threatens Veto If Democrats Allocate More Money to Fight Terrorism 2001-09-06
• January 20-September 10, 2001: Bush Administration Sees Rogue States with Missiles as Top Security Threat instead of Al-Qaeda 2001-09-10
• September 10, 2001: Rumsfeld Announces Defense Department Cannot Track $2.3 Trillion in Transactions 2001-09-10
• September 10, 2001: Rumsfeld Excoriates Pentagon Bureaucracy 2001-09-10
• 6:42 p.m. September 11, 2001: Democrats Must Now Support Increased Defense Spending, Rumsfeld Says 2001-09-11
• 3:20 p.m. September 11, 2001: White House Incorrectly Suspects US Airways Flight from Spain of Being Hijacked 2001-09-11
• Just Before September 11, 2001: Key Counterterrorism Position Still Unfilled 2001-09-11
• (Between 10:00 a.m. and 10:20 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Vice President Bush Supposedly Speaks with Defense Secretary Rumsfeld about Shootdown Procedure, but Accounts Conflict 2001-09-11
• (10:00 a.m.-10:30 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Defense Secretary Rumsfeld Returns to the Pentagon; Speaks to President Bush and Temporarily Joins White House Teleconference 2001-09-11
• (10:10 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Military Put on High Alert 2001-09-11
• 1:02 p.m. September 11, 2001: Defense Secretary Rumsfeld Calls for War; President Bush Says There Will be a Counterattack 2001-09-11
• (10:30 a.m.-1:00 p.m.) September 11, 2001: Defense Secretary Rumsfeld Works on Rules of Engagement for Fighter Pilots, Too Late to Be of Any Use 2001-09-11
• (10:30 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Missing Defense Secretary Rumsfeld Finally Enters NMCC 2001-09-11
• 10:39 a.m. September 11, 2001: Vice President Cheney Brings Defense Secretary Rumsfeld Up to Date, but Errs about Pilot Knowledge of Shootdown Order 2001-09-11
• (10:40 a.m.-11:00 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Defense Secretary Rumsfeld Refuses to Leave Military Command Center, against Established Emergency Plan 2001-09-11
• (10:43 a.m.) September 11, 2001: 9/11 Commission Report Describes Defense Secretary Rumsfeld Deciding to Put Military on High Alert; Time Conflicts with Other Accounts 2001-09-11
• (11:00 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Pentagon Officials Participate in a Teleconference with Other Government Agencies and Discuss Rules of Engagement for Fighters 2001-09-11
• (11:00 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Paul Wolfowitz and Others Leave Pentagon for Alternate Command Center 2001-09-11
• 11:15 a.m. September 11, 2001: Defense Secretary Rumsfeld Speaks with President Bush 2001-09-11
• (After 12:00 p.m.) September 11, 2001: Oxygen Level Is Found to Be Dangerously Low in the Pentagon Command Center 2001-09-11
• (Before 12:00 p.m.) September 11, 2001: Defense Secretary Rumsfeld Asks What the Enemy Could Do Next 2001-09-11
• 12:05 p.m. September 11, 2001: Defense Secretary Rumsfeld Finds Evidence of Al-Qaeda Role Not Good Enough 2001-09-11
• (12:11 p.m.-1:20 p.m.) September 11, 2001: President Responds to Attacks from 8th Air Force Commander’s Office 2001-09-11
• After 12:19 p.m. September 11, 2001: Crash Witness Confirms to Defense Secretary Rumsfeld that a Commercial Aircraft Hit the Pentagon 2001-09-11
• 12:19 p.m. September 11, 2001: Defense Secretary Rumsfeld and Joint Chiefs Vice Chairman Myers Relocate to the Executive Support Center 2001-09-11
• 12:40 p.m. September 11, 2001: Joint Chiefs Vice Chairman Myers Updates Defense Secretary Rumsfeld and Informs Him of the Final Rules of Engagement for Fighters 2001-09-11
• (2:40 p.m.) September 11, 2001: Rumsfeld Is Told Al-Qaeda Was Behind 9/11 Attacks But Wants to Blame Iraq 2001-09-11
• (3:15 p.m.) September 11, 2001: President Bush Meets with Top Officials via Video Conference Call 2001-09-11
• 3:55 p.m. September 11, 2001: President Bush Said to Be at Undisclosed Location 2001-09-11
• (Between 4:00 p.m. and 5:00 p.m.) September 11, 2001: Defense Secretary Rumsfeld and Joint Chiefs Vice Chairman Myers Visit the Pentagon Crash Site 2001-09-11
• (After 4:00 p.m.) September 11, 2001: Defense Secretary Rumsfeld Calls Russian Defense Minister Ivanov to Request His Country’s Cooperation 2001-09-11
• (Between 5:00 p.m. and 6:30 p.m.) September 11, 2001: Defense Secretary Rumsfeld Visits the Pentagon Crash Site with Senators Levin and Warner 2001-09-11
• 5:25 p.m. September 11, 2001: Defense Secretary Rumsfeld Announces that the Pentagon Will Open as Normal on September 12 2001-09-11
• 6:42 p.m. September 11, 2001: Rumsfeld, Shelton, White, and Senators Give News Briefing on Attacks 2001-09-11
• (8:00 a.m.-8:50 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Rumsfeld Holds Breakfast Meeting at Pentagon; Key Military Figures Present 2001-09-11
• (8:30 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Some US Leaders Are Scattered; Others in D.C. 2001-09-11
• Shortly After 8:46 a.m. September 11, 2001: Rumsfeld Learns of First WTC Attack 2001-09-11
• (Before 8:46 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Defense Secretary Rumsfeld Reportedly Predicts Terror Attacks 2001-09-11
• (9:00 p.m.-10:00 p.m.) September 11, 2001: President Bush Meets with Advisers, Declares War Without Barriers 2001-09-11
• (9:03 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Fighters Do Not Have Shootdown Authority 2001-09-11
• (Shortly After 9:03 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Defense Secretary Rumsfeld Is Told of the Second Crash but Continues with a Routine Briefing 2001-09-11
• (After 9:03 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Wolfowitz Continues Routine Meeting, Rumsfeld Stays in Office 2001-09-11
• (Between 9:04 a.m. and 9:36 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Defense Secretary Rumsfeld Ignores His Aides’ Attempts to Get Him to Respond to the Attacks 2001-09-11
• (9:05 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Condoleezza Rice Tries to Assemble National Security Team, but Cannot Reach Key Officials 2001-09-11
• (9:10 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Richard Clarke Directs Crisis Response through Video Conference with Top Officials 2001-09-11
• (9:29 a.m.-9:37 a.m.) September 11, 2001: Pentagon Command Center Begins High Level Conference Call 2001-09-11
• (9:33 a.m.) September 11, 2001: FAA Notifies Video Conference United 93 Is Suspected Hijack 2001-09-11
• 9:37 a.m. September 11, 2001: Flight 77 Misses Key Pentagon Officials 2001-09-11
• Before 9:37 a.m. September 11, 2001: Pentagon Not Evacuated Prior to Being Hit 2001-09-11
• After 9:37 a.m. September 11, 2001: Emergency Responders Experience Communications Problems at Pentagon 2001-09-11