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U.S. Ambassador Richard Hoagland (center) and Tajik Defence Minister Gen. Col. Sherali Khairulloyev welcome U.S. Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld to Dushanbe, Tajikistan, on July 10, 2006. Rumsfeld traveled to Dushanbe to meet with Tajik President Emomali Rahmonov to discuss defense issues of mutual interest.

Tajik Arrival

U.S. Ambassador Richard Hoagland (center) and Tajik Defence Minister Gen. Col. Sherali Khairulloyev welcome U.S. Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld to Dushanbe, Tajikistan, on July 10, 2006. Rumsfeld traveled to Dushanbe to meet with Tajik President Emomali Rahmonov to discuss defense issues of mutual interest.

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