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Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld (left) receives a current situation brief on disaster assistance efforts in Pakistan from U.S. Central Command's Director of Operations Maj. Gen. Douglas Lute at the U.S. Central Command Headquarters in MacDill Air Force Base, Fla., on Oct. 11, 2005. The Department of Defense is supporting the U.S. Agency for International Development by providing disaster relief supplies and services following the massive earthquake that struck Pakistan and parts of India and Afghanistan.

Secretary Rumsfeld receives a current situation brief on disaster assistance efforts in Pakistan.

Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld (left) receives a current situation brief on disaster assistance efforts in Pakistan from U.S. Central Command's Director of Operations Maj. Gen. Douglas Lute at the U.S. Central Command Headquarters in MacDill Air Force Base, Fla., on Oct. 11, 2005. The Department of Defense is supporting the U.S. Agency for International Development by providing disaster relief supplies and services following the massive earthquake that struck Pakistan and parts of India and Afghanistan.

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