Soldiers pull no punches with Rumsfeld
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In a rare public airing of grievances, disgruntled soldiers complained to Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld yesterday about long deployments and a lack of armored vehicles and other equipment.
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In a lively but polite give-and-take, Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld fielded questions Saturday from wives and other family members of Alaska-based soldiers whose combat tours in Iraq were abruptly extended just as they prepared to return home this month.
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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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Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld is drawing increasingly heavy fire from fellow Republicans over the lack of armored Humvees and transport trucks for the troops in Iraq
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MANNHEIM, GERMANY - A US military tribunal refused to let lawyers question Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld and one of his key deputys in the case against an Army reservist charged with abusing inmates at Baghdad&#39;s Abu Ghraib prison.
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The defense secretary said today that it was valuable to hear concerns directly from troops, but he offered no changes.
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Australian soldiers did not fight in a heavily-criticised Dutch-led assault on Taliban fighters in Afghanistan because of concerns about differing rules of engagement, the military said Sunday.
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Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld greeted U.S. Marines at this dusty air field in Iraq's western desert Sunday morning, telling them it was unlikely the United States would pull out any troops before Iraq's elections in January.
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US Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld says he has been ordered not to comment on the presidential elections, but it hasn't kept him from defending the war in Iraq in interviews with radio talk show hosts in battleground states.
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Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld visited wounded soldiers at a time when critics have accused him of being insensitive to the welfare of the troops.
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So far, President Bush remains firm in his public support for Rumsfeld, despite a record of arrogance, misjudgment and buck-passing that should have sent the secretary of defense back to private life many months ago.
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A US military unit that wouldn't make a risky delivery poses a challenge to discipline.
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Overcoming criticism about his handling of Iraq, Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld has won a strong vote of confidence from President Bush and will remain at the Pentagon.
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Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld described himself as &quot;truly saddened&quot; Wednesday as he offered an unusually personal defense to criticism that he has been callous to soldiers
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Amid allegations he fostered a climate that led to the prison abuse scandal, Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld said Friday that the military&#39;s mistreatment of detainees was not as bad as what terrorists have done.
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Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld  did not personally sign his name on letters of condolence to  families of troops killed in Iraq but instead had it done by a  machine, an action lawmakers said on Sunday showed  insensitivity and was inappropriate for leadership during war.
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- One day after a soldier caught Secretary of State Donald Rumsfeld of guard in Kuwait with a question about equipment, families of Northern California soldiers are reacting,.