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Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld listens to a reporter's question during a press availability at the presidential palace in Managua, Nicaragua, Oct. 3, 2006. Rumsfeld visited Nicaragua to attend the Defense Ministerial of Americas Conference to promote defense and security cooperation among western hemisphere countries.

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Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld listens to a reporter's question during a press availability at the presidential palace in Managua, Nicaragua, Oct. 3, 2006. Rumsfeld visited Nicaragua to attend the Defense Ministerial of Americas Conference to promote defense and security cooperation among western hemisphere countries.

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