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Rumsfeld: Moderate Mideast leaders needed

Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld, visiting a U.S. warship anchored off the coast of France Wednesday, said more moderate Islamic nations are needed to counter the threat of extremism. Rumsfeld, in Nice, France for a meeting of NATO defense ministers, held up the governments of Pakistan and Afghanistan as such moderates willing to help in the U.S.-led war on terrorism. He said he hoped Iraq would also emerge as such a nation. Full Story