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DefenseLINK News: Today in the Department of Defense

I watched this on C-Span last night...
DoD News Briefing - Secretary Rumsfeld and Gen. Myers
Q: -- who may have committed some news here. You said that an insignificant number of U.S. forces are on the ground in Iraq. What are those insignificant forces doing? And when you refer to these insignificant forces, the Iraqi opposition says that three U.S. military cargo aircraft landed yesterday in Northern Iraq. Is that what you're talking about?
Myers: No, I'm not talking about that. I'm not aware of that, actually. And I'm not going to go into any more detail on that. I mean --
Q: (Off mike.)
Rumsfeld: Nor would he want them characterized as "insignificant." They're individually.
Myers: Individually.
Q: How about a rough number?
Q: (Off mike) -- significant number is that?
Q: How about a rough number?
Rumsfeld: Done.