Ex-Pentagon chief Donald Rumsfeld, who oversaw Iraq war, dies at 88

Donald Rumsfeld, a two-time U.S. defense secretary who oversaw wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, died Tuesday of multiple myeloma at his home in New Mexico, his family and U.S. media said Wednesday. He was 88.After becoming the country's youngest defense secretary at the age of 43 under the administration of President Gerald Ford in 1975, Rumsfeld was sworn in again as Pentagon chief under George W. Bush in 2001.Rumsfeld directed military actions in Afghanistan in response to the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, with the conflict becoming the longest U.S. war in history. He was also one of …READ FULL ARTICLE