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Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld presents the Purple Heart Medal to Army Sgt. Chris Scott, 29, of Oklahoma City, Okla., Dec. 24 at the 67th Combat Surgical Hospital in Mosul, Iraq. Rumsfeld shared Christmas-Eve cheer with U.S. troops serving in Baghdad and in the cities of Mosul, Tikrit and Fallujah. Photo by Gerry J. Gilmore

Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld presents the Purple Heart Medal to Army Sgt. Chris Scott, 29, of Oklahoma City, Okla., Dec. 24 at the 67th Combat Surgical Hospital in Mosul, Iraq. Rumsfeld shared Christmas-Eve cheer with U.S. troops serving in Baghdad and in the cities of Mosul, Tikrit and Fallujah. Photo by Gerry J. Gilmore

Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld presents the Purple Heart Medal to Army Sgt. Chris Scott, 29, of Oklahoma City, Okla., Dec. 24 at the 67th Combat Surgical Hospital in Mosul, Iraq. Rumsfeld shared Christmas-Eve cheer with U.S. troops serving in Baghdad and in the cities of Mosul, Tikrit and Fallujah. Photo by Gerry J. Gilmore

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