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Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld gestures as he answers a reporter's question during a news briefing, Tuesday 04 May 2004 at the Pentagon. At (L) is Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Peter Pace. Rumsfeld expressed outrage for the abuse and humiliation of Iraqi prisoners by US troops at Abu Ghraib prison outside Baghdad, calling the acts 'unacceptable and un-American'. (KEYSTONE/EPA/Mike Theiler)