U.S. troops must defeat enemy in Iraq: Rumsfeld
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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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MOSUL Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, on a surprise Christmas Eve visit with the troops in Iraq after an attack on a US military dining hall here, told them on Friday that he remained confident of defeating the insurgency and stabilizing the country.
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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 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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The American Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld has wound up a brief Christmas visit to Iraq, telling US troops the war could still be won.
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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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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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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.
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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 -- With US casualties in Iraq climbing, lawmakers pressed Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld yesterday about the scope of the insurgency, the training of Iraqi security forces, US troop levels in the fragile state, and an end game for US involvement.
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Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld told NATO allies Thursday that new commitments to assist U.S.-led efforts in Afghanistan and Iraq make success there more likely.
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The top American commander in Iraq on Wednesday said U.S.-trained Iraqi security forces were still not ready to take over the counterinsurgency and there was no guarantee they will ever be able to defeat it on their own.
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Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld said today that he expected American troops to withdraw from Iraq within four years, but he cautioned that any final decision hinged on
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Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld said Sunday he does not know when the United States will have trained enough Iraqis so they can adequately secure the country and begin replacing American troops now helping provide protection.
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Washington: US Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld has said that US and Iraqi military forces fighting together in Fallujah are &quot;well along&quot; in their task of freeing the Iraqi city from insurgent forces &quot;and they will finish it successfully.
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In Iraq on Friday, Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld witnessed a wide variety of special forces, commando, police and regular military units that are learning how to take over the fight against the resilient insurgency.
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US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld says Iraqi security forces need equipment as well as training and anything NATO allies can do to support them will be helpful.