Abdul Rahim Wardak spoke to reporters on the grounds of the Defense Ministry about his recent visit to the Pentagon, where he met his u.

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"Because quite often the arguments that a defense deal is essential on national security grounds then that becomes justification for shielding it from public scrutiny."

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That is especially true of the Washington hands who so heartily welcomed the retention of the Bush administration's secretary of defense on the grounds that he was a "centrist, " "non-partisan" and technocrat-turned-statesman.

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He noted that Napster's defense on these grounds would likely only stand if the company could show that the effect of altering the technology would be devastating to a large segment of society.

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Bush, accompanied by Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, walked the grounds near the point of impact, which still smoldered.

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