Word: rumsfeld
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...small group of men. This inner circle, most of whose members are corporate executives, is apparently led by former Secretary of Defense, now Reader's Digest consultant, Melvin Laird, U.S. Steel Vice President William Whyte, Proctor and Gamble representative Bryce Harlow and newly named Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld...
...Pontius and Jack Merchant. This placed the car between Ford and the gun-wielding woman. An agent opened the rear door of the limousine, and other agents almost threw Ford inside and to the floor. Agents Pontius and Merchant leaped into the vehicle, followed by Chief of Staff Donald Rumsfeld. All three shielded Ford's prone body as the car sped away...
Betty Ford, unaware of the close call, arrived from Monterey. "Have you had a good time?" she asked. Ford turned to Rumsfeld. "You tell her, Rummy," he said. Mrs. Ford winced as she heard the news. Then she sighed, "Thank God she was a poor shot...
...briefed daily on international developments, including Secretary of State Henry Kissinger's efforts to work out a peace accord between Israel and Egypt (see THE WORLD). He called together his top aides for a conference on oil prices, and met with White House Chief of Staff Donald Rumsfeld to affix the presidential signature to routine bills and appointments. But for the most part. Ford kept himself a chip shot away from the world's problems...
...times. But this attempt at simplification did not work out in practice; there were still too many people clamoring to see him, too many interruptions, too many demands on his time. The President still needs a kind of traffic cop, and Chief of Staff Donald Rumsfeld is entrusted with deciding who should see him and when...