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Secretary Rumsfeld responds to a reporter's question during a press briefing.
Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld (right) responds to a reporter's question during a Pentagon press briefing on Nov. 8, 2004. Rumsfeld and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Richard B. Myers, USAF, provided an update on the course of the war in Iraq.