Dispatches:
by Matthew D. LaPlante

 

Thursday, February 02, 2006

Getting Out
Washington -- Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld spoke at the National Press Club on Thursday, but, as in Iraq, seemed to have a problem getting out.

When Rumsfeld exited the clear-glass elevator to the main floor with his security entourage, he started to walk the opposite way of his waiting motorcade and then stopped, put his hands in the air and appeared puzzled.

A helpful Salt Lake Tribune reporter then came to the rescue, telling him, "That way, Mr. Secretary."

The defense secretary, apparently, lacked an exit strategy.

-- Thomas Burr

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Matthew D. LaPlante is national security reporter for The Salt Lake Tribune. He and photographer Rick Egan traveled with Utah-based troops in Iraq in September and October, 2005. LaPlante returned to Iraq in the summer of 2006 and has also reported on Utah-based service members in Germany and across the United States.


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