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If you look ahead 10 years, I wouldn't be a bit surprised if the people of Russia had become fans of missile defence.

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Donald Rumsfeld
Age: 88 †
Born: 1932
Born: July 9
Died: 2021
Died: June 29
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Donald Henry Rumsfeld
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