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Donald Rumsfeld, former secretary of defense to presidents Gerald Ford and George W. Bush, has died at 88, his family announced in a statement on June 30.

“It is with deep sadness that we share the news of the passing of Donald Rumsfeld, an American statesman and devoted husband, father, grandfather, and great grandfather. At 88, he was surrounded by family in his beloved Taos, New Mexico,” the statement said. “History may remember him for his extraordinary accomplishments over six decades of public service, but for those who knew him best and whose lives were forever changed as a result, we will remember his unwavering love for his wife, Joyce, his family and friends, and the integrity he brought to a life dedicated to country.”

How history will remember Rumsfeld is an interesting question. According to a Department of Defense (DOD) bio, Rumsfeld was a former Navy pilot, White House chief of staff, U.S. NATO ambassador, congressman, and CEO of two Fortune 500 companies by the time he became secretary of defense for the second time in 2001. According to the Gerald Ford Foundatio

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Rumsfeld's Knowns and Unknowns: The Intellectual History of a Quip

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How will posterity remember the secretary of defense's most famous soundbite? That's a known unknown.

By David A. Graham

Errol Morris has long shown an obsession with the nature of facts and evidence (The Thin Blue Line), violence and war (The Fog of War), and obsession itself (Fast, Cheap & Out of Control). His newest film, which premiered Tuesday, combines all three: It's a documentary about Donald Rumsfeld and what Morris sees as his obsession with going to war in Iraq. Here's the trailer:

The title of the movie, The Unknown Known, comes from Rumsfeld's most famous statement while serving as George W. Bush's secretary of defense:

As we know, there are known knowns; there are things we know we know. We also know there are known unknowns; that is to say we know there are some things we do not know. But there are also unknown unknowns—the ones we don’t know we don’t know.

Morris is exploring that quote in a series of posts on The New York Times website this

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VENICE — “I’ve made a whole number of movies over the years about characters that seem to be completely unaware of themselves. I suppose in English the word that we often use is ‘clueless,’” Errol Morris said at a news conference here on Wednesday to promote “The Unknown Known,” his new film-length interview with Donald Rumsfeld, the former secretary of defense. “That’s the central feeling I’m left with at the end of making this movie.”

“What is he thinking?” Mr. Morris continued about Mr. Rumsfeld. “Is this a performance? Is he acting? Does he believe in what he is saying? I would say it’s the central mystery of this movie: Who is Donald Rumsfeld?”

“The Unknown Known” is one of two documentaries in competition at the Venice Film Festival, which ends this Saturday. It is the first year that documentaries have been included in the running.

In making the film, Mr. Morris said he was fascinated by how Mr. Rumsfeld repeatedly contradicted h