Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld addresses service members at a Town Hall meeting with troops assigned to Al Asad Air Base during a surprise visit to Iraq, Dec. 9, 2006. Defense Dept. photo by Cherie A. Thurlby
Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld meets with troops assigned to Al Asad Air Base during a surprise visit to Iraq, Dec. 9, 2006. Defense Dept. photo by Cherie A. Thurlby
Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld meets with troops assigned to Al Asad Air Base during a surprise visit to Iraq, Dec. 9, 2006. Defense Dept. photo by Cherie A. Thurlby
There's something about this photo that haunts me. They look so serious and Rumsfeld is smiling broadly. Nancy, can you help me understand this photo? It seems to me (in my ignorance of these things) that they may have a leader who is a grump and discourages emoting, or have just come from a mission that was especially grueling, or possibly some other ideas which I will keep to myself. The constriction of their facial expressions ... What do you think? I can't remember seeing a photo of our troops with someone of Rumsfeld's position looking this way,
in this administration.