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The Unknown Known

The Unknown Known

Why is this man smiling?

2013•1h 42m•6.8/10
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6.8/10(91)

Former United States Secretary of Defense, Donald Rumsfeld, discusses his career in Washington D.C. from his days as a congressman in the early 1960s to planning the invasion of Iraq in 2003.

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Donald Rumsfeld

Donald Rumsfeld

Self

Kenn Medeiros

Younger Donald Rumsfeld / Secret Service

Errol Morris

Errol Morris

Self - Interviewer (voice)

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