By Will Dunham
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Donald Rumsfeld, a forceful U.S. defense secretary who was the main architect of the Iraq war until President George W. Bush replaced him as the United States found itself bogged down after 3-1/2 years of fighting, has died at age 88, his family said in a statement on Wednesday.
(Reporting by Will Dunham; Editing by Eric Beech)
