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Secretary Rumsfeld responds to a reporter's question during a media availability on the steps of the Pentagon.
Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld responds to a reporter's question during a media availability on the steps of the Pentagon on March 11, 2002. Rumsfeld was joined by Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Richard B. Myers, U.S. Air Force, and military representatives from 29 countries of the worldwide coalition against terrorism. The representatives met with Rumsfeld and toured the reconstruction site where the terrorist attack on the Pentagon occurred on Sept. 11, 2001.