![MSNBC on Twitter: "BREAKING: Donald Rumsfeld, who served as secretary of Defense under Presidents Gerald Ford and George W. Bush, has died, according to his family. He was 88. https://t.co/jISkjh6dr9" / Twitter MSNBC on Twitter: "BREAKING: Donald Rumsfeld, who served as secretary of Defense under Presidents Gerald Ford and George W. Bush, has died, according to his family. He was 88. https://t.co/jISkjh6dr9" / Twitter](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/E5J2XU4WQAwYDRa.jpg:large)
MSNBC on Twitter: "BREAKING: Donald Rumsfeld, who served as secretary of Defense under Presidents Gerald Ford and George W. Bush, has died, according to his family. He was 88. https://t.co/jISkjh6dr9" / Twitter
![President Gerald Ford meeting with Donald Rumsfeld at the White House, Washington, D.C.] | Library of Congress President Gerald Ford meeting with Donald Rumsfeld at the White House, Washington, D.C.] | Library of Congress](http://tile.loc.gov/storage-services/service/pnp/ppmsca/08400/08465v.jpg)
President Gerald Ford meeting with Donald Rumsfeld at the White House, Washington, D.C.] | Library of Congress
![Donald Rumsfeld, White House Chief of Staff, at his stand-up desk, November 5, 1975. CSU Archives/Courtesy Everett Collection Stock Photo - Alamy Donald Rumsfeld, White House Chief of Staff, at his stand-up desk, November 5, 1975. CSU Archives/Courtesy Everett Collection Stock Photo - Alamy](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/BTJHMP/donald-rumsfeld-white-house-chief-of-staff-at-his-stand-up-desk-november-BTJHMP.jpg)
Donald Rumsfeld, White House Chief of Staff, at his stand-up desk, November 5, 1975. CSU Archives/Courtesy Everett Collection Stock Photo - Alamy
![Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld reviews his speech during his final morning stand up meeting with Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld reviews his speech during his final morning stand up meeting with](https://media.defense.gov/2006/Dec/15/2001116318/-1/-1/0/662920-G-ZGA91-539.jpg)
Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld reviews his speech during his final morning stand up meeting with
![File:The Honorable Donald H. Rumsfeld, left, U.S. Secretary of Defense, laughs during his final morning standup meeting in his office at the Pentagon Dec 061215-D-LB417-041.jpg - Wikimedia Commons File:The Honorable Donald H. Rumsfeld, left, U.S. Secretary of Defense, laughs during his final morning standup meeting in his office at the Pentagon Dec 061215-D-LB417-041.jpg - Wikimedia Commons](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/ba/The_Honorable_Donald_H._Rumsfeld%2C_left%2C_U.S._Secretary_of_Defense%2C_laughs_during_his_final_morning_standup_meeting_in_his_office_at_the_Pentagon_Dec_061215-D-LB417-041.jpg)