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Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld speaks at a press briefing at the Pentagon Tuesday, Oct. 21, 2003. With him is Joint Chiefs of Staff Vice Chairman Gen. Peter Pace, right. Rumsfeld, left, opened the possibility that Turkey's offer to deploy thousands of troops to Iraq-- a move seen just weeks ago as a critical breakthrough for U.S. diplomacy-- could be dropped because of Iraqi opposition. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)