This classified memo, sent two days before Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld resigned, offers options for a "major adjustment" of US forces in Iraq.
Published November 6, 2006
This classified memo, sent two days before Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld resigned, offers options for a "major adjustment" of US forces in Iraq.
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Agenda
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