Rumsfeld Pays Surprise Iraq Christmas Visit
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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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Two car bombs in Baghdad killed at least 11 people, including a U.S. soldier. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld made a surprise visit to troops in the field. Also, Marine was reported killed in action west of the capital.
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FALLUJAH (Iraq) - US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld paid a surprise Christmas visit to Iraq yesterday and told US troops the war could still be won.
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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 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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Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld visited Iraq to gauge efforts to calm violence ahead of January elections. &quot;They know they cannot defeat us militarily.
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BAGHDAD - US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld is on his first visit to Iraq since its interim government was installed in June. Speaking to 1,500 Marines at an air base he said the insurgent violence is likely
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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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President George W. Bush landed in Iraq on Monday for a surprise visit along with Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and national security adviser Steven Hadley, the White House said.
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Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice made a surprise visit to Baghdad on Tuesday for talks with Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki that were expected to involve a push for more progress on political reconciliation.
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Landing under the cover of darkness, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld arrived in northern Iraq early Friday for an unannounced Christmas Eve visit with US troops at a base where 22 people died at the hands of a suicide bomber this
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Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld swept into an airbase in Iraq's western desert Sunday to make a first-hand evaluation of operations to quell a raging Iraqi insurgency in his first such visit in five months.
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US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld has arrived at a military air base in the Iraqi city of Mosul on a surprise Christmas Eve visit.
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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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A day after holding his final Pentagon town hall meeting, outgoing Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld made a surprise visit to Iraq yesterday to personally thank service members for their sacrifices and patriotism and said "it has been the honor of my life to serve with you."
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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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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.