Rumsfeld admits setbacks in &#39;bleak&#39; Iraq on Christmas Eve
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BAGHDAD  - 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.
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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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Embattled US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld says American casualties in Iraq affect him deeply.
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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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WASHINGTON - Iraq does not have to be perfectly peaceful before the United States can withdraw its troops, US Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said Friday.
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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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BAGHDAD, Iraq, Dec 25: After a bruising month at home, US Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld clearly relished his surprise holiday visit with American troops in some of the most dangerous areas of Iraq.
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Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld delivered an impassioned defense of himself yesterday, saying at a Pentagon news conference that US casualties in Iraq affect him profoundly.
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MOSUL, Iraq  - Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld  flew into Mosul on Friday in a surprise visit to lift troop  morale at Christmas after a deadly attack and following  criticism that he had not shown sufficient concern for their  welfare.
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AL ASAD AIR BASE, Iraq -- Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said violence in Iraq will probably get worse before next year&#39;s election, but he also brought a glimmer of hope to US troops.
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BAGHDAD -- Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld, with only days left in office, returned to Washington last night from a surprise farewell visit to US troops in Iraq this weekend, in which he told them the consequences of the war's failure would be "unacceptable."
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Outgoing Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, a lightning rod for critics of the Iraq war, urged the United States on Friday not to retreat in the face of "the agonies and ugliness of combat."
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Iraq &quot;looks bleak&quot; and is a &quot;tough situation,&quot; but there is no question that the United States will prevail over insurgents, Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld
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Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld,  responding to mounting criticism even from fellow Republicans,  said Wednesday he was "truly saddened" anyone could think he  was not laboring to protect U.S. combat troops.
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Kuwait City -- 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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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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Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld flew into Mosul on Friday in a surprise visit to lift troop morale at Christmas after a deadly attack and following criticism that he had not shown sufficient concern for their welfare.