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Presenter: Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld and Hugh
Hewitt January 25, 2006  Secretary Rumsfeld's Radio Interview on
the Hugh Hewitt Show  Secretary Rumsfeld's Radio Interview on
the Hugh Hewitt Show              HEWITT:  Mr. Secretary,
welcome to the Hugh Hewitt Show.               SECRETARY
RUMSFELD:  Hello Hugh Hewitt.  Don Rumsfeld.
            HEWITT:  Thank you for joining us.  It's great to
have you on, Mr. Secretary.               I watched your press
conference and I want to get to some of those issues, but I'd
like to start actually with Robert Kaplan's new book, Imperial
Grunts.  Have you had a chance to read that yet?
            SECRETARY RUMSFELD:  I have not.
            HEWITT:  He spent quite a lot of time across the
globe over the last three years with members of the American
military in plac