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U.S. Army soldiers of Multi-National Forces-Iraq surround Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld as he meets with them in Baghdad, Iraq, on April 27, 2006. Rumsfeld and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice made an unannounced visit to Iraq to meet jointly with Iraq's newly designated Prime Minister Jawad al-Maliki to show support for the continuing process of building a new Iraqi government.

U.S. Army soldiers surround Secretary Rumsfeld as he meets with them.

U.S. Army soldiers of Multi-National Forces-Iraq surround Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld as he meets with them in Baghdad, Iraq, on April 27, 2006. Rumsfeld and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice made an unannounced visit to Iraq to meet jointly with Iraq's newly designated Prime Minister Jawad al-Maliki to show support for the continuing process of building a new Iraqi government.

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