Donald H. Rumsfeld Holds a Joint News Briefing with U.K. Secretary of State for Defense John Reid
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Donald H. Rumsfeld Holds a Joint News Briefing with U.K. Secretary of State for Defense John Reid
DEFENSE DEPARTMENT NEWS BRIEFING
NOVEMBER 7, 2005SPEAKERS: DONALD H. RUMSFELD, U.S. SECRETARY OF DEFENSEJOHN REID, U.K. SECRETARY OF STATE FOR DEFENSE[*] RUMSFELD: Greetings. I am very pleased to welcome John Reid, the secretary of state for defense of the United Kingdom, to the Pentagon. Welcome, sir.We've had some good discussions, focusing on operations in the global war on terror. The coalition can point to some notable advances, but we also know that terrorists continue to plan further attacks against free people, such as those we saw earlier this year in London.As the people of Great Britain stood with us on September 11th, so the people of the United States have stood with them. And together, along with our coalition partners, we're standing firm with some 50 million Afghans and Iraqis as they deal with extremists in their countries.A word about force rotations. Soon we'...See the full content of this document
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