Rumsfeld Gives Pep Talk In Surprise Visit To Iraq
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Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld on Friday urged US troops in Iraq to keep up their morale, arguing against ``the naysayers and the doubters&#39;&#39; who warn ``we&#39;re in a quagmire.
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WASHINGTON - Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld said Tuesday he is confident the interim Iraqi government will find a way to retake cities now in the hands of insurgents...
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The American Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld has wound up a brief Christmas visit to Iraq, telling US troops the war could still be won.
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BAGHDAD : US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, on a surprise visit to Iraq, predicted violence would increase ahead of January&#39;s elections as rebel attacks killed 11 people including a US soldier.
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Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld returned to Washington Sunday after his surprise trip to Iraq.
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Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld paid US troops in Iraq a surprise Christmas Eve visit after weeks of controversy over his handling of the war and perceived lack of sensitivity to US forces and their families.
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Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld flew into Mosul, Iraq, early on Friday in a surprise Christmas Eve trip to visit wounded soldiers after a deadly attack, and at a
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He made a surprise visit to the US military base that was attacked in Mosul Tuesday. Meanwhile, security has increased at some US bases in Iraq.
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Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld expressed hope Monday, but did not explicitly predict, that American troops would be out of Iraq by the end of President Bush&#39;s second term.
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MOSUL, Iraq -- US Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld visited wounded soldiers and brought holiday greetings today amid tight security at the air base in northern Iraq where an insurgent&#39;s attack killed 22 people earlier this week.
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CAMP FALLUJAH, Dec 24: US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld vowed America would prevail in Iraq even as he admitted &quot;setbacks&quot; during a surprise Christmas Eve visit to raise the morale of US troops in the country.
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Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld said Tuesday he is confident the interim Iraqi government will find a way to retake cities now in the hands of insurgents.
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MOSUL, Iraq  - Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld  paid U.S. troops in Iraq a surprise Christmas Eve visit after  weeks of controversy over his handling of the war and perceived  lack of sensitivity to U.S. forces and their families.
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US Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld arrived unexpectedly in Iraq Sunday on his sixth visit to that nation since the collapse of the former regime last year.
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Donald Rumsfeld made a surprise Christmas Eve visit to American troops in Mosul, three days after a suicide bombing at a United States army base in the northern Iraqi city left 22 dead.
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U.S. Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld, on a surprise Christmas Eve visit to Mosul, told soldiers he remained confident of defeating the insurgency and stabilizing Iraq, while noting that to some "it looks bleak."
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FALLUJA, Iraq  - Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld  paid a surprise Christmas visit to Iraq on Friday, seeing  victims of a suicide bombing at a U.S. base in Mosul and troops  who stormed the city of Falluja last month.