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Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld defended U.S. treatment of terrorist suspects being held at the detention facility in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, during a Pentagon press briefing on June 1, 2005. Rumsfeld said it was absurd to compare the Guantanamo facility with a Soviet-era "gulag." Rumsfeld and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Richard B. Myers, U.S. Air Force, briefed reporters on current events in Iraq.

Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld defended U.S. treatment of terrorist suspects.

Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld defended U.S. treatment of terrorist suspects being held at the detention facility in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, during a Pentagon press briefing on June 1, 2005. Rumsfeld said it was absurd to compare the Guantanamo facility with a Soviet-era "gulag." Rumsfeld and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Richard B. Myers, U.S. Air Force, briefed reporters on current events in Iraq.

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