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Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld speaks to the press during a media availability at U. S. Northern Command in Colorado Springs, Colo., May 31, 2005. Rumsfeld was in the area to give the keynote address to the 2006 graduating class at the U.S. Air Force Academy.

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Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld speaks to the press during a media availability at U. S. Northern Command in Colorado Springs, Colo., May 31, 2005. Rumsfeld was in the area to give the keynote address to the 2006 graduating class at the U.S. Air Force Academy.

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