Former defense secretary Donald Rumsfeld once famously described uncertainties as "known unknowns" and "unknown unknowns." Local officials and voters at this year's town and school district meetings are struggling primarily with "known unknowns." They know it's going to snow, but how much? They know they'll have to spend a large sum on special education, but they can't know how much without knowing whether their schools will see an influx of children with special needs.

By Stephen J. Hedges and Mark Silva, Chicago Tribune Nov. 9--WASHINGTON -- Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld is usually not the sort of man seen choking back tears.

By Andrew Buncombe During the course of the Iraq war, Donald Rumsfeld, the Defence Secretary, has undergone the transformation from unlikely pin-up to a poster-boy for everything wrong about the US-led war and occupation.

WASHINGTON - The Senate's top two Republicans voiced support for Donald Rumsfeld on Friday as allies of the defense secretary sought to outflank increasingly vocal GOP critics in and out of Congress.

SAN FRANCISCO - After hearing Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld dress down the media at Pentagon press briefings, two San Francisco musicians came to an inevitable conclusion: his words simply must be set to chamber music.