
The Unknown Known
Why is this man smiling?
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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About The Unknown Known
- Directors
- Errol Morris
- Cast
- Donald Rumsfeld, Kenn Medeiros, Errol Morris
- Genres
- Documentary, History
- Content rating
- PG-13
- Original language
- English
- Production countries
- United States of America
- Status
- Released
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