Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld testifies before the U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington on Sept. 24, 2003. Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Richard Myers, U.S. Air Force, and Commander, U.S. Central Command Gen. John Abizaid, U.S. Army, joined Rumsfeld for the testimony. Rumsfeld urged the committee to move quickly on the request for $87 billion dollars for Iraq and Afghanistan.