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Current Operations

• IRAQ / RUMSFELD VOA 06 Sept 2003-- U-S Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld is ending (eds: has ended) a three-day visit to Iraq, during which he met with officials and troops of the U-S-led coalition.
• IRAQ / RUMSFELD VOA 06 Sept 2003-- U-S Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld has met with the Polish commander of a recently installed international force providing security in central Iraq.

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US Policy

United Nations

• Powell, Mexican Foreign Minister Discuss U.N. Draft Resolution Washington File 06 Sept 2003-- Secretary of State Colin Powell and Mexican Foreign Minister Luis Derbez agreed that their meeting at the State Department September 5, which covered a "full range of bilateral and international issues," was good and fruitful.

Reconstruction Issues

• Coalition, Iraqis Exhume Mass Graves in Search for Justice RFE/RL 06 Sept 2003-- All that remains is a field filled with plastic bags of clothing and other personal effects.
• Rumsfeld Emphasizes Positive Coalition Accomplishments in Iraq Washington File 06 Sept 2003-- Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld said on U.S. network television September 5 that even though aspects of the situation in Iraq are "tough," he is "impressed with the accomplishment that's taken place." He was interviewed from Iraq by CBS News' Dan Rather.
• Rumsfeld Holds Press Conference in Iraq September 6 Washington File 06 Sept 2003-- Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld and Lieutenant General Ricardo Sanchez both said in a September 6 press briefing in Iraq that more Iraqis need to come forward to the coalition with information about those attacking coalition personnel and Iraqi civilians.
• Iraq Reconstruction an International Responsibility, Larson Says Washington File 06 Sept 2003-- Funding of the reconstruction of Iraq is an international responsibility that will be discussed at a ministerial donors conference October 23-24 in Spain, says Alan Larson, under secretary of state for economic, business and agricultural affairs.

Foreign Reactions

• Kelly`s family wants Blair to be cross-examined IRNA 06 Sep 2003 -- The family of former Iraq arms inspector David Kelly wants Prime Minister Tony Blair to be recalled for cross- examination at the next phase of inquiry into the circumstances of his death.

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