The Rumsfeld Era at the Pentagon: Inside Perspectives

March 2011

Past Event

The Rumsfeld Era at the Pentagon: Inside Perspectives

Past Event

Hudson Institute, Washington, D.C. Headquarters

March 29, 2011

March 2011

Past Event

1015 15th Street, N.W., 6th Floor
Washington, DC 20005

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Speakers:

Kenneth Weinstein,

Hudson Institute President & CEO

General Peter Pace,

former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff

Donald Feith,

Hudson Senior Fellow and former

Jamie McIntyre

former Senior Pentagon correspondent for CNN

Donald Rumsfeld,

Former Secretary of Defense and author

Few Americans have spent more time near the center of power than former Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld. His years at the helm of the Pentagon have included momentous times, including the 9/11 attack. He was instrumental in devising the U.S. response to that attack and the overall U.S. strategy for the war on terrorism, including the campaigns in Afghanistan and Iraq.

Now he has written Known and Unknown, a best-selling memoir of his half-century career, sharing previously undisclosed details that may force historians to rethink much of the conventional wisdom about recent history. Secretary Rumsfeld's book reveals what happened behind the scenes during critical moments of the Bush administration, as the President's inner circle debated how best to defend our country.

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