Posted AT 6:44 AM EDT on 26/04/06
Rumsfeld, Rice make surprise visits to Iraq
Baghdad — U.S. President George W. Bush dispatched America's top two foreign policy officials to Iraq on Wednesday in separate, surprise missions calculated to demonstrate a strong show of support for the country's emerging new government.
The top American commander in Iraq expressed optimism that Iraq's selection of top government leaders marked a major step toward creating conditions that could allow a substantial number of U.S.
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