Rumsfeld says Iraq can learn from El Salvador
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San Salvador, El Salvador -- Iraq can learn from the recent history of El Salvador, a country wrecked by civil war that has developed into a stable democracy and close US ally, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said Thursday.
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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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SAN SALVADOR  - US Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld began in El Salvador a week-long tour of Latin America, including Nicaragua, Panama and Ecuador, to thank the region for its support of the US-led effort in Iraq and the fight against international
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President Bush defended Defense  Secretary Donald Rumsfeld's handling of the Iraq war on 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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Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld thanked Nicaraguan leader for his strong support for security and cooperation in the Americans and for being &quot;a strong
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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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Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said Monday he does not expect civil war in Iraq and pointed to the recent retaking of the former insurgent stronghold of Samarra as evidence of progress in stabilizing the country before elections in January.
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Iraq's first free election in more than half a century may stiffen the resolve of ordinary Iraqis to fight in cooperation with American forces, Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld said Thursday.
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POIANA BRASOV, Romania, Oct 12  - US Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said Tuesday that Iraqi security forces needed equipment as well as training and anything NATO allies could do to support them would helpful.
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WASHINGTON -- Defeating the insurgents in Fallujah is critical in the battle for a free Iraq because &#39;&#39;one part of the country cannot remain under the rule of assassins,&#39;&#39; Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld said Monday.
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Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld on Tuesday said he believes Saddam Hussein&#39;s Iraq and al-Qaida had ties, backtracking from a statement a day earlier that he had &quot;not seen any strong, hard evidence that links the two.
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Latin American countries must work together to defeat drug trafficking and international terrorism as they have done in working to keep the peace in Haiti, Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld said Tuesday.
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The recent military build-up in Venezuela by U.S. nemesis President Hugo Chavez has other countries in the region worried that the weapons could end up in the hands of terrorists, Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld said Monday.
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Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld  said on Monday he knew of no "strong, hard evidence" linking  Saddam Hussein's Iraq and al Qaeda, despite describing  extensive contacts between the two before the Iraq invasion.
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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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U.S. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld met Saturday with Panamanian President Martin Torrijos and expressed support for regional security agreements aimed at reducing drug trafficking, terrorism and other threats in Latin America and the Caribbean.
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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.