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Article: Rumsfeld discounts long-term U.S. military presence in Iraq
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- AP Worldstream
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- April 21, 2003
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Dateline: WASHINGTON
The United States has no interest in keeping military forces in Iraq
longer than it takes to stabilize that country, U.S. Defense Secretary
Donald H. Rumsfeld said Monday.
Rumsfeld denied reports that the United States has discussed establishing
a long-term military relationship with Iraq that would grant American
access to air bases in Baghdad and elsewhere in the country.
"It's flat false," he said. He added that the subject has not even
been raised with him.
"The likelihood of it seems to me to be so low that it does not surprise
me that it's never been discussed in my presence, to my knowledge,
" he told a news conference. ...