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Secretary Rumsfeld answers a reporter's question during a press briefing.
Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld answers a reporter's question during a press briefing with Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Adm. Edmund P. Giambastiani, U.S. Navy, in the Pentagon on Nov. 15, 2005. Rumsfeld and Giambastiani briefed reporters on the progress of operations in Iraq.