RUMSFLED, MYERS, CASEY AND ABIZAID TESTIFY IN SANATE
Gen. George Casey, commanding general of the Multi-National Force in Iraq, (L) testifies with U.S. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, Gen. Richard Myers, and Gen. John Abizaid (R) during the Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on U.S. military strategy and operations in Iraq on Capitol Hill in Washington, September 29, 2005. (UPI Photo/Yuri Gripas)..
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