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One of the principal architects and salesmen of the Iraq War, Donald Rumsfeld, is dead, his family reported on Twitter. The cause of death was multiple myeloma, a blood cancer. Donald Rumsfeld enjoyed a decades-long career in Washington. He served as a Republican in Congress from Illinois in the 1960s. …

Sixteen years ago, Bono paid a visit to the White House with the goal of getting then-president George W. Bush on board with the worldwide fight against HIV/AIDS. The U2 frontman’s powers of persuasion worked: Bush launched the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) the following year, and the …