Rice, Rumsfeld in Separate Orbits in Baghdad

Rice, Rumsfeld in Separate Orbits in Baghdad:

"BAGHDAD, April 27 -- A full 10 seconds of silence passed after a reporter asked Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld what the intense secrecy and security surrounding their visit to Iraq signified about the stability of the country three years after the U.S.-led invasion. Rice turned to Rumsfeld to provide the answer. Rumsfeld glared at the reporter.

'I guess I don't think it says anything about it,' he snapped. He went on to say that President Bush had directed him and Rice to go to Iraq to 'meet with the new leadership, and it happens that they are located here,' a reference to the heavily fortified Green Zone where U.S. officials -- and many Iraqi leaders -- live and work."