(Rumsfeld and his pal Saddam in the 80’s)

From CNN.COM:

Leaders visit; front-line troops say, ‘Yeah, so?’

BALAD, Iraq (CNN) — As Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld made their surprise visits to Baghdad on Wednesday, many of the troops stationed north of Baghdad, in Balad and Dujail, say either they didn’t know about it or didn’t care.

“I’d ask him for a plane ticket home to see my wife. I have barely seen her in the last two years,” said a young sergeant, who did not want to be identified. Like many of the soldiers with the 4th Infantry Division, he is on his second deployment to Iraq.

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