A Few Days in the Life of Secretary of Defense Don Rumsfeld (many photos): 06.02.06 - 06.08.06

www.yahoo.com/news/ www.defenselink.mil/photos/ ^ | 16th June 2006 | Snugs

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Earlier this week the President visted Iraq and we we saw many photos and news reports also saw the American and Iraqi cabinet speaking to each other via video conference.

One of the photos showed the Secretary of Defense giving a thumbs up and I could not help but think that this man was showing great joy and in a way must have felt vindicated regarding his actions and decisions relating to the Iraqi situation.

The MSM and his political foes have attacked him without ceasing or simply ignore what he is doing and one wonders whether most Americans are in fact aware of his punishing work schedule often flying from one side of the world to another to attend this or that conference.

The beginning of June was a prime example he attended the International Institute for Strategic Studies Conference in Singapore 3rd/4th June, then visited Vietnam and Indonesia before flying to Brussels to attend a NATO conference on 8th June 2006.

Here follows photos and links to various speeches he made during this period. For all you Rummy fans out there enjoy. It is yet another chance to appreciate the hard work and dedication of this man. At his age and with his money he could quite easily be enjoying a quiet and peaceful retirement instead he is serving his country and his President putting in an incredible amount of work and energy that many younger men and women would balk at.

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International Institute for Strategic Studies Conference Remarks as Delivered by Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld, Shangri-La Hotel, Singapore, Saturday, June 3, 2006

Troop Talk Aboard the USS McCampbell (DDG-85) Remarks as Delivered by Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld, Singapore, Sunday, June 4, 2006

DoD News Briefing with Secretary Rumsfeld from Nato Headquarters, Brussels

Rumsfeld Tells NATO Ministers of Zarqawi's Demise BRUSSELS, Belgium, June 8, 2006

Press Avail. with Sec. Rumsfeld en route from Brussels to Washington, D.C. June 8, 2006

Rumsfeld: Ironic That Zarqawi Dies on Eve of Iraq Government Successes ABOARD E-4B AIRCRAFT EN ROUTE TO WASHINGTON, June 8, 2006

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Singapore's Minister of Defense Teo Chee Hean (right) greets Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld as he arrives at Paya Lebar Air Base, Singapore, on June 2, 2006. Rumsfeld is in Singapore to meet with regional allies and attend the fifth annual International Institute for Strategic Studies Asia Security Conference known as the Shangri-La Dialogue. DoD photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Chad J. McNeeley, U.S. Navy

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ping for later!!!

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Asia Security Summit Singapore Press Conference 2nd June 2006

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Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, right, sits with Singapore's Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew, second left, as Japan's Defense Agency Director Fukushiro Nukaga, left, as a keynote speech is delivered during the opening dinner of the 5th Asia Security Summit, Friday June 2, 2006

[Thombo2]

Anyone that unpopular with the dems must be doing something right.

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5th Asia Security Summit, Saturday June 3, 2006 in Singapore

Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld delivers his keynote speech at the 5th Asia Security Summit, Saturday, June 3, 2006 in Singapore

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Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld , left, shares a light moment with Australia's Minister for Defence Brendan Nelson at a lunch reception hosted for participating defense ministers during the 5th Asia Security Summit, Saturday, June 3, 2006 in Singapore

Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld (L) and Australia's Defence Minister Brendan Nelson joke with photographers before a ministerial lunch at the Asia Security Summit in Singapore June 3, 2006

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Donald Rumsfeld, U.S. Secretary of Defense, Brendan Nelson, Australia's Minister for Defence and Pranab Mukherjee, India's Minister of Defence toast before the lunch hosted by Teo Chee Hean, Singapore's Minister for Defence, at the 5th Asia Security Summit, in Singapore Saturday, June 3, 2006

Australia's Defence Minister Brendan Nelson (R) speaks with U.S. Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld (C) and Britain's Minister of State for the Armed Forces Adam Ingram before a ministerial lunch at the Asia Security Summit in Singapore June 3, 2006

Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld (L) speaks with his Australian, Indian, New Zealand, and Philippines counterparts before the ministerial lunch at the Asia Security Summit in Singapore June 3, 2006. (From L-R) U.S. Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, Australia's Defence Minister Brendan Nelson, India's Defence Minister Pranab Mukherjee, New Zealand's Defense Minister Phil Goff, and Philippines' Defense Minister Avelino Cruz.

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Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, second left, shakes hands with Singapore's Defense Minister Teo Chee Hean as his Australian counterpart Brendan Nelson, second right, and British Minister of State for the Armed Forces Adam Ingram, left, look on at a lunch reception hosted for participating defense ministers during the 5th Asia Security Summit, Saturday, June 3, 2006 in Singapore

Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld , left, gestures as he shares a light moment with Japan's Defense Agency Director General Fukushiro Nukaga, second from right, at a lunch reception hosted for participating defense ministers during the 5th Asia Security Summit, Saturday, June 3, 2006 in Singapore

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Australia Minister for Defence Brendan Nelson, left, faces U.S. Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, right, at the start of their bilaterial meeting on the sidelines of the 5th Asian Security Summit in Singapore on Saturday, June 3, 2006

Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld (L) speaks to the media while Australia's Minister for Defence Brendan Nelson listens after their bilaterial meeting on the sidelines of the 5th IISS Asia Security Summit in Singapore June 3, 2006

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Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, left, and India Minister of Defense Pranab Mukherjee speaking to reporters after a bilateral meeting on the sidelines of the Shangri-la Dialogue in Singapore on Saturday June 3, 2006

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Secretary of Defence Donald Rumsfeld (R), shakes hand with Yoon Kwang-ung, South Korean Defence Minister, before the start of their meeting on the sidelines of the 5th Asia Security Summit in Singapore June 3, 2006

Secretary of Defence Donald Rumsfeld (L) meets Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong (R) at the Istana in Singapore June 3, 2006. Rumsfeld met Lee on the sidelines of the 5th Asia Security Summit

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International Institute of Strategic Studies (IISS) Asia Security Summit in Singapore June 4, 2006

Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld arrives for a bilateral meeting with Japan's Minister of State for Defence Fukushiro Nukaga at the International Institute of Strategic Studies (IISS) Asia Security Summit in Singapore June 4, 2006

Japan's Minister of State for Defence Fukushiro Nukaga (L) arrives for a bilateral meeting with U.S. Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld at the International Institute of Strategic Studies (IISS) Asia Security Summit in Singapore June 4, 2006

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Thank you for this extra thread, snugs. I've read three of the links. Worthwhile.

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Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld (R) and Japan's Minister of State for Defence Fukushiro Nukaga (L) are seen during a bilateral meeting at the International Institute of Strategic Studies (IISS) Asia Security Summit in Singapore June 4, 2006

Malaysia's Defence Minister Najib Abdul Razak (L) meets with U.S. Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld (R) during a bilateral meeting held on the sidelines of the International Institute of Strategic Studies (IISS) Asia Security Summit in Singapore June 4, 2006