Rumsfeld predicts major Iraq ops
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Large-scale assaults like that in Samarra  could be the way forward in Iraq, the US defence secretary says.
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Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld said Tuesday he is confident the interim Iraqi government will find a way to retake cities now in the hands of insurgents.
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Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld gestures during a news conference on Wednesday, Dec. 22, 2004 in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci).
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The top U.S. commander in Iraq on Monday predicted a "major confrontation" on the streets of Fallujah as a U.S.-led force of as many as 15,000 troops pressed to retake control of the Sunni Muslim city.
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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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Due to the violence in Iraq, US Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld said that the January elections might only be held in particular parts of the country.
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Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld spoke about the possibility that the elections might be held only in parts of Iraq.
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AL ASAD AIR BASE, Iraq - The United States may be able to reduce its troop levels in Iraq after the January elections if security is strengthened and Iraqi government forces continue to expand and improve, Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld said Sunday...
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KUWAIT CITY, Dec 6  - US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said Monday he would devote himself to transforming the military and bringing American troops out of Iraq as he confirmed he would remain in President George W. Bush&#39;s administration.
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Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld on Thursday raised the possibility that some areas of Iraq night be excluded from elections scheduled for January if security could not be guaranteed.
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Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld  said on Sunday a proposed major realignment of U.S. troops  stationed overseas would take several years and very likely  lead to more forces stationed in the United States with greater  flexibility to meet post-Cold War challenges.
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Developments in Iraq on Saturday:
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Visiting US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld met here Sunday with the interim Iraqi Prime Minister Iyad Allawi on how to rein in insurgency in the run-up to the scheduled January 2005 elections in the country.
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ABOARD THE USS JOHN F KENNEDY: US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld met 18 of his counterparts on an aircraft carrier in the Gulf yesterday to reassure them on US strategy for Iraq after saying more troops may be sent in for the January elections.
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Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld on  Thursday raised the possibility that some areas of Iraq might  be excluded from elections scheduled for January if security  could not be guaranteed.
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Incoming US Gen. Jeffery Hammond plans to add US-Iraqi command outposts.
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ARBIL, Iraq  - Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld,  calling the Iraq war a test of wills with insurgents, told  Iraqi security forces on Sunday protecting their nation's  sovereignty was their duty.