Rumsfeld relishes Iraq trip
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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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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 made a surprise visit to Iraq today, as two car bombs shook Baghdad, killing at least 10 people, U.S. and Iraqi officials said.
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In this image released by the Department of Defense, Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld meets with soldiers from the 67th Combat Surgical Hospital at Mosul Airfield, Iraq, Friday, Dec. 24, 2004.
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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, 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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US Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld says the United States faces a &quot;test of wills&quot; with insurgents in Iraq. During a previously unannounced visit, Mr.
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The American Defence Secretary, Donald Rumsfeld, has made a surprise visit to Iraq to assess rising violence and increased security breaches.
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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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Visiting US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld met here Sunday with the interim Iraqi Prime Minister Iyad Allawi on how to rein in insurgency in the run-up to the scheduled January 2005 elections in the country.
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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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MOSUL, Iraq  - Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld  flew into northern Iraq before dawn on Friday to make a  personal appraisal of the training of Iraqi security forces and  talk with his commanders.
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Outgoing Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld has been on the "farewell" circuit of late, going to see the troops in Iraq, saying goodbye to various folks at the Pentagon and around town.
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US Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld is in western Iraq to meet with American Marines fighting insurgents in the country&#39;s restive Al Anbar province.
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KUWAIT CITY -- Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld expressed hope yesterday, but did not explicitly predict, that US troops would be out of Iraq by the end of President Bush's second term.
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Description: Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld pays a surprise visit to troops in Iraq, landing first at the US base near Mosul where an insurgent attack three days ago killed 22 people.
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MOSUL, Iraq : US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld paid a surprise visit to US troops in Mosul, northern Iraq early on Friday, an AFP correspondent at the scene said.