SOLD OUT – Donald Rumsfeld: Rumsfeld’s Rules
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Rumsfeld’s Rules: Leadership Lessons in Business, Politics, War and Life
Join us as we welcome the Honorable Donald Rumsfeld. The 13th and 21st U.S. Secretary of Defense, Mr. Rumsfeld published his number one New York Times bestselling memoir, Known and Unknown, in 2011. His second book, Rumsfeld’s Rules, was published in May 2013 and has also been on the New York Times bestseller list.
Mr. Rumsfeld completed his second tour as the 21st Secretary of Defense in December, 2006. During his tenure, Secretary Rumsfeld led the Defense Department in the response to the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001, to include the liberation of Afghanistan from the Taliban and Al Qaeda and the liberation of Iraq from the regime of Saddam Hussein.
Mr. Rumsfeld chairs the non-profit Rumsfeld Foundation with his wife, Joyce. The foundation supports microfinance development projects in 16 countries, fellowships for graduate students interested in public service at
17 universities, exchange programs for young leaders from nations in Central Asia and the Caucasus, and charitable causes that benefit the men and women of the U.S. Armed Forces and their families. All proceeds from the sales of his memoir go to the 36 military charities sponsored by the Rumsfeld Foundation.
Launched in February of 2011 with the release of Known and Unknown, www.rumsfeld.com is the archival site and home of the Rumsfeld Papers. The site hosts some 4,000 plus documents, a number of them previously classified, which have been digitized from Mr. Rumsfeld’s personal collection. They date as far back as the 1960s including documents from the Nixon, Ford, Reagan, and George W. Bush administrations, as well as from his time in the private sector. Since the initial release, the site has had over 44 million hits.
6:00pm: Reception
6:30pm: Lecture
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