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Secretary Rumsfeld answers a reporter's question during a joint press conference.
Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld (right) answers a reporter's question during a joint press conference with Australian Minister for Defense Robert Hill (2nd from right), Australian Foreign Minister Alexander Downer (3rd from right) and U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Robert Zoellick, at the Town Hall in Adelaide, Australia, on Nov. 18, 2005. Rumsfeld and Zoellick are in Adelaide for the annual Australian-United States Ministerial Conference.