nytimes August 25, 2021 1:00am Donald Rumsfeld, Architect of War in Afghanistan, Is Laid to Rest #rumsfelddonaldh #arlingtonnationalcemetery #unitedstatespoliticsandgovernment #afghanistanwar2001 #funeralsandmemorials #cheneydick #news Donald Rumsfeld, Architect of War in Afghanistan, Is Laid to Rest In a quirk of timing, the two-time former defense secretary’s burial at Arlington National Cemetery on Monday seemed to serve as a kind of coda to America’s 20-year lost war.