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Baltimore Sun
December 11, 2006
WASHINGTON -- Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld returned to Washington yesterday after his surprise trip to Iraq.
Rumsfeld's press secretary, Eric Ruff, said the defense secretary did not meet with any Iraqi government officials - as has been his usual practice - before leaving the country about noon yesterday.
"It was not a public trip whatsoever," Ruff said.
The main purpose, he said, was to express thanks to the U.S. troops and their commanders.
Rumsfeld met over dinner Saturday with several top commanders, including Gen. George Casey and Lt. Gen. Peter Chiarelli, the two most senior commanders in Iraq.
He also met with Lt. Gen. Martin Dempsey, who is in charge of the training of Iraqi security forces, and Lt. Gen. Raymond Odierno, who recently arrived to replace Chiarelli.
--Associated Press
December 11, 2006
WASHINGTON -- Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld returned to Washington yesterday after his surprise trip to Iraq.
Rumsfeld's press secretary, Eric Ruff, said the defense secretary did not meet with any Iraqi government officials - as has been his usual practice - before leaving the country about noon yesterday.
"It was not a public trip whatsoever," Ruff said.
The main purpose, he said, was to express thanks to the U.S. troops and their commanders.
Rumsfeld met over dinner Saturday with several top commanders, including Gen. George Casey and Lt. Gen. Peter Chiarelli, the two most senior commanders in Iraq.
He also met with Lt. Gen. Martin Dempsey, who is in charge of the training of Iraqi security forces, and Lt. Gen. Raymond Odierno, who recently arrived to replace Chiarelli.
--Associated Press
