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AL ASAD AIR BASE - DECEMBER 9: Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld addresses military personnel during a town hall meetingat Al Asad Air Base, Iraq. December 9, 2006. Rumsfeld paid a surprise visit to Iraq to meet with U.S. troops before leaving his job as Secretary of Defense on December 18, 2006. (Photo by David Hume Kennerly/Getty Images)

AL ASAD AIR BASE - DECEMBER 9: Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld addresses military personnel during a town hall meetingat Al Asad Air Base, Iraq. December 9,  2006. Rumsfeld paid a surprise visit to Iraq to meet with U.S. troops before leaving his job as Secretary of Defense on December 18, 2006.  (Photo by David Hume Kennerly/Getty Images)