In Surprise Trip, Rumsfeld Visits U.S. Forces in Mosul
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The defense secretary's trip comes at a time when critics have accused him of being insensitive to the welfare of the troops.
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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.
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-Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld visited wounded soldiers and brought holiday greetings on Christmas Eve at an air base in Mosul where a suicide bomber killed 14 US troops and eight other people earlier this week.
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Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld on Monday portrayed the retaking of the Iraqi city of Samarra over the weekend by US and Iraqi forces as a model for the military
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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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US Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, who is one of the Republican Partyâs main actors in the play of the US presidential election, arrived in Baghdad for an unexpected visit three days ago.
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US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld visits Iraq to thank troops for their efforts, days before leaving office.
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Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld toured an air base outside this Black Sea city on Monday that was used extensively by American air forces to ferry war supplies to Afghanistan and Iraq.
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The US secretary of state makes a surprise visit to Iraq in an attempt to build on recent reconciliation efforts.
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Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld was  set to meet defense chiefs from about 18 nations aboard a U.S.  aircraft carrier in the Gulf Saturday as the United States  looks to improve the security situation in Iraq with January  elections looming.
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Romanian officials have taken US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld on an inspection tour of a Black Sea military base which could become part of the Pentagon&#39;s plans for more flexible deployments.
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US Defence Minister Donald Rumsfeld arrived in the Western Iraq air force base on Sunday. He is to meet the sailors fighting against the militant groups in Al Anbar Iraqi province.
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AL ASAD AIR FORCE BASE, Iraq  - U.S. President George W. Bush made a surprise visit to Iraq on Monday, just a week before his top officials in Baghdad present pivotal testimony to Congress that could influence future policy on the war.
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MOSUL, Iraq  - Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld  paid a surprise Christmas visit on Friday to troops in the  Iraqi city of Mosul, scene of the deadliest attack on Americans  since last year's war to oust Saddam Hussein.
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MOSUL, Iraq : US and Iraqi forces backed by aircraft swept into the northern Iraqi city of Mosul to secure police stations and restore order as insurgents in Fallujah fought US-led troops to the death.
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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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MOSUL, Iraq  - A semblance of calm returned to  Mosul on Friday after U.S. forces carried out air strikes on  insurgents, but residents said Iraq's third largest city  remained tense and Iraqi police were nowhere to be seen.