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Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld gestures to make a point as he responds to a senator's question during a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on the U.S. military strategy in Iraq on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., on June 23, 2005. Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Richard Myers (right), U.S. Air Force, U.S. Central Command Commander Gen. John Abizaid, U.S. Army, and Commanding General of Multi-National Forces in Iraq Gen. George Casey Jr., U.S. Army, joined Rumsfeld in testifying before the committee.

Secretary Rumsfeld gestures to make a point as he responds to a senator's question.

Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld gestures to make a point as he responds to a senator's question during a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on the U.S. military strategy in Iraq on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., on June 23, 2005. Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Richard Myers (right), U.S. Air Force, U.S. Central Command Commander Gen. John Abizaid, U.S. Army, and Commanding General of Multi-National Forces in Iraq Gen. George Casey Jr., U.S. Army, joined Rumsfeld in testifying before the committee.

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