TIL that Donald Rumsfeld holds the record for being both the youngest and oldest Secretary of Defense in US history ('75-'77 and '01-'06) - eviltoast
    • ToffeeIsForClosers@lemmy.world
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      3 months ago

      Deep thoughts from Teflon Don.

      For a brief moment during Bush(Cheney) years, there was this screensaver with some of the more outlandish quotes from his press briefings.

      He had a way with words, and that way was to go nowhere. It was an art form.

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      3 months ago

      Literally why I ended up on his wiki page. I was googling this as I tried to explain the concept to someone lol