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Gen. Richard B. Myers responds to a reporter's question during a Pentagon press briefing.
Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld (right) looks on as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Richard B. Myers, U.S. Air Force, responds to a reporter's question during a Pentagon press briefing on Sept. 27, 2005. Many of the questions raised by reporters concerned President Bush's suggestion that the armed forces be called upon to play a larger role in disaster response.