Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld speaks to the troops after a town-hall meeting with U.S. and coalition forces in Kandahar, Afghanistan, on April 13, 2005. Rumsfeld visited Afghanistan during a tour of the middle-east including visits to Azerbaijan and Iraq, where he met with troops and key government officials including the newly-elected members of the Iraqi government. DoD photo by Tech. Sgt. Cherie A. Thurlby, U.S. Air Force.