U.S. troops must defeat enemy in Iraq: Rumsfeld
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Outgoing Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld paid a surprise farewell visit to American troops in Iraq and told them U.S. forces must stay until the enemy is defeated.
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Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld told NATO allies Thursday that new commitments to assist U.S.-led efforts in Afghanistan and Iraq make success there more likely.
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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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WASHINGTON -- With US casualties in Iraq climbing, lawmakers pressed Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld yesterday about the scope of the insurgency, the training of Iraqi security forces, US troop levels in the fragile state, and an end game for US involvement.
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President Bush defended Defense  Secretary Donald Rumsfeld's handling of the Iraq war Monday and  said training Iraqi police and army to take over responsibility  for the country's security from U.S. troops has been difficult.
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U.S. forces attacked insurgent bases in Iraq on Sunday as a leaked memo from the man who sent them there revealed that Donald Rumsfeld believes their strategy is not working and it may be better to reduce troop numbers.
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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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The risk in Iraq is not of civil war but that the country will end up under the control of extremists who &quot;run around chopping off people&#39;s heads,&quot; Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said in remarks broadcast on Saturday.
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Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld  flew into Iraq on Friday to inspect U.S.-trained Iraqi security  forces and said they must accept responsibility for defeating  the country's insurgents.
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Under fire from troops who complain they are being sent to war in Iraq with inadequate gear, U.S. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld promised on Thursday that more would be done to protect forces.
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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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FALLUJA, Iraq  - Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld  paid a surprise Christmas visit to Iraq on Friday and told U.S.  troops the war could still be won.
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US soldiers in Kuwait who are headed to Iraq put Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld on the defensive yesterday, grilling him about extended tours
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US Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld says large-scale military operations are needed to regain control of rebel-held parts of Iraq.
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Donald Rumsfeld, if he stays as  Pentagon chief, faces challenges not only in taming Iraq's  insurgency but in modernizing the U.S. military and fielding a  viable missile defense system, officials and analysts say.
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Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said  Sunday the United States and its allies were locked in a test  of wills with insurgents in Iraq and must overcome the "pain  and ugliness" of the conflict.
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Washington: US Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld has said that US and Iraqi military forces fighting together in Fallujah are &quot;well along&quot; in their task of freeing the Iraqi city from insurgent forces &quot;and they will finish it successfully.