LAWRENCE — Donald Rumsfeld, two-time secretary of defense, will speak at the Dole Institute of Politics at the University of Kansas this month. Rumsfeld will be featured in a Dole Forum event scheduled at 4 p.m. July 26. This event is free, open to the public and contains a book sale and signing.

“Few people have had the opportunity to work as a cabinet member under three different White House administrations,” said Bill Lacy, director of the Dole Institute. “We look forward to hearing first-hand accounts of the secretary’s extensive career during some of the most infamous and pivotal moments in U.S. history.”

Rumsfeld served as the 13th secretary of defense, 1975-1977, under President Gerald Ford, and as the 21st secretary of defense, 2001-2006, under President George W. Bush. Additionally, Rumsfeld was a four-term congressman from Illinois, 1962-1969, director of the Office of Economic Opportunity, 1969-1970, counselor to the President,1969-1973, the U.S. permanent representative to NATO, 1973–1974, and White House chief of staff, 1974-1975.

Rumsfeld may be best-known for his time as secretary of defense under President George W. Bush during and after the attacks by al-Qaida on the United States on Sept. 11, 2001.