Soldiers headed to Iraq grill Rumsfeld
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WASHINGTON -- US soldiers in Kuwait who are headed to Iraq put Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld on the defensive yesterday, grilling him about extended tours of duty and the continued lack of armor to protect vehicles from roadside bombs.
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Outgoing Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld paid a surprise farewell visit to American troops in Iraq and told them U.S. forces must stay until the enemy is defeated.
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US Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld went to Kuwait to lead a morale-lifting discussion with troops bound for Iraq, and found himself fielding complaints about ageing vehicles that lacked armor against roadside bombs.
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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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MOSUL, Iraq -- US Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld visited wounded soldiers and brought holiday greetings on Christmas Eve amid tight security at a military base in northern Iraq where an insurgent's attack killed 14 US troops and eight other people earlier this week.
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US Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld made a surprising visit to US soldiers deployed in the Iraqi city of Musul (Mosul). Rumsfeld arrived in Mosul early in the morning and visited a military hospital located
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US Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld on Friday visited US troops at a main base outside the restive Iraqi city of Fallujah, a hotbed of insurgency against US troops.
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CAMP BUEHRING, Kuwait  - Defense Secretary Donald  Rumsfeld on Wednesday faced open criticism from his own U.S.  troops, who complained about inadequate armor for Iraq and  questioned a policy that stops them from leaving the military  when their voluntary term ends.
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Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld visits Baghdad, says troop levels must stay high until things improve. BAGHDAD, Iraq - Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld told Marines in Iraq on Sunday that he expects more
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As the U.S. military begins the lengthy process of reducing its presence in Europe and repositioning its forces around the globe, Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld heard a pitch Monday for moving a contingent of U.S. troops to a dormant air base near the Black Sea port of Constanta.
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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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Responding to complaints by disgruntled Iraq-bound soldiers in Kuwait that they lacked armor for the vehicles, Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld said today that it was
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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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Outgoing Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld made a secret farewell trip to Iraq, a senior Pentagon official confirmed on Saturday.
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US Defence Secretary Rumsfeld faces tough questioning from US soldiers waiting to serve in Iraq.
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ABOARD THE USS JOHN F. KENNEDY -- In a cramped war room below deck, Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld yesterday joined 18 of his counterparts in the terrorism fight in discussing the way ahead in Iraq and Afghanistan.
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MOSUL, Iraq  - US Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld made a surprise dawn visit to US troops in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul as investigators probed a devastating suicide attack on a US army base.