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Rumsfeld makes surprise visit to site of insurgents’attack on base
**Leading the Army you have…
**Rumsfeld makes surprise visit to site of insurgents’attack on base
By ROBERT BURNS
AP Military Writer
MOSUL, Iraq (AP) - U.S. Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld arrived here before dawn Friday amid tight security at an air base in northern Iraq where an insurgent’s attack on a military dining hall killed 14 U.S. troops and eight others earlier this week.
Hoping to raise holiday spirits and demonstrate compassion for soldiers’ sacrifices, Rumsfeld landed in darkness and walked immediately from his plane to a combat surgical hospital where many of the bombing victims were treated. The most seriously wounded already have been transferred to a U.S. military hospital in Germany.
**Leading the Army you have…
**Rumsfeld makes surprise visit to site of insurgents’attack on base
By ROBERT BURNS
AP Military Writer
MOSUL, Iraq (AP) - U.S. Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld arrived here before dawn Friday amid tight security at an air base in northern Iraq where an insurgent’s attack on a military dining hall killed 14 U.S. troops and eight others earlier this week.
Hoping to raise holiday spirits and demonstrate compassion for soldiers’ sacrifices, Rumsfeld landed in darkness and walked immediately from his plane to a combat surgical hospital where many of the bombing victims were treated. The most seriously wounded already have been transferred to a U.S. military hospital in Germany.