US Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld met Sunday with the rulers of two former Soviet republics in Central Asia to bolster support for the war in nearby Afghanistan and for U.S. efforts to deny new sanctuaries for al-Qaida fighters. Rumsfeld stopped in Turkmenistan to see President Saparmurat Niyazov and then flew to Kazakhstan`s capital for talks with President Nursultan Nazarbayev. Full Story