Summary
WASHINGTON - Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld, the public face of an unpopular war, bid farewell to the Pentagon on Friday in a splashy sendoff featuring lavish praise from President Bush. Mr. Rumsfeld defended to the end the mission that led to his ouster.
Combative to the last, Mr. Rumsfeld took a slap at advocates of withdrawing U.S. troops from the war, now in its fourth year with more than 2,900 Americans dead.See the full content of this document
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Rumsfeld Is Honored for Service
"It may well be comforting to some to consider graceful exits from the agonies and, indeed, the ugliness ...
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