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Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld reaches out to shake a soldier's hand as he greets U.S. Army soldiers assigned to the 212th Mobile Army Surgical Hospital in Muzaffarabad, Pakistan, on Dec. 21, 2005. Rumsfeld is visiting the areas damaged by the Oct. 8, 2005, earthquake and meeting with the U.S. personnel working to aid the survivors.

Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld reaches out to shake a soldier's hand.

Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld reaches out to shake a soldier's hand as he greets U.S. Army soldiers assigned to the 212th Mobile Army Surgical Hospital in Muzaffarabad, Pakistan, on Dec. 21, 2005. Rumsfeld is visiting the areas damaged by the Oct. 8, 2005, earthquake and meeting with the U.S. personnel working to aid the survivors.

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