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RUMSFELD WITH TROOPS IN GEORGIA

Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld points out a U.S. Marine as he talks with the Marines and Army soldiers deployed to Kritsanisi, Georgia, on Dec. 5, 2003. Rumsfeld is in Georgia to meet with Acting President Nino Burjanadze, Minister of Defense Gen. David Tevzadze and to visit with U.S. troops deployed there. (UPI Photo/Andy Dunaway/Air Force)

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