[...] Rumsfeld's first stop in Iraq Friday morning was a combat surgical hospital in Mosul in northern Iraq, where he spoke briefly with Sgt. Sean Ferguson, a California native with the 25th Infantry Division who was recovering from a gunshot wound in his hand. He had been hit by a sniper the day before; for it, he received his second Purple Heart.
He also gave the Army Commendation Medal to a group of American and Iraqi soldiers during a ceremony.
He then met with Duraid Kashmoula, governor of Niveneh province, and quizzed him and other Iraqi officials on the elections there.
Rumsfeld made a stop in Mosul and visited one of the soldiers wounded in the sniper attack.
Link to Full ArticleBy John J. Lumpkin, Associated Press
[...] Rumsfeld's first stop in Iraq Friday morning was a combat surgical hospital in Mosul in northern Iraq, where he spoke briefly with Sgt. Sean Ferguson, a California native with the 25th Infantry Division who was recovering from a gunshot wound in his hand. He had been hit by a sniper the day before; for it, he received his second Purple Heart.
