Interesting story.....
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A Horse for Rumsfeld, but, Whoa, There's a Snag
By THOM SHANKER
Published: October 23, 2005
ULAN BATOR, Mongolia, Oct. 22 - Mongolia has 131 soldiers in Iraq, and on Saturday it received an official American statement of gratitude from Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld.
Mr. Rumsfeld came to Ulan Bator to deliver that message personally, and he was given a horse.
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I think I have read somewhere that the Mongolian horse is descended from the impossible-to-spell wild horse of the steppes. Starts with a P. I think they are handsome little critters and probably stout as a powderhouse.
And Rummy did the gracious thing. We could all use a flashlight now and then.