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Rumsfeld: U.S. to Trim Troops in Iraq

Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld is surrounded by soldiers after giving an address at the Town Hall in Fallujah, Iraq, Dec. 23.
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Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld is surrounded by soldiers after giving an address at the Town Hall in Fallujah, Iraq, Dec. 23.

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