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Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld steps up to the lectern in the Pentagon auditorium for his final town hall meeting with Pentagon employees, Dec. 8, 2006. He was greeted with thunderous applause.

FAREWELL TOWN HALL

Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld steps up to the lectern in the Pentagon auditorium for his final town hall meeting with Pentagon employees, Dec. 8, 2006. He was greeted with thunderous applause.

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