U.S. Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld gestures during a speech at U.S. Army base Fort Carson in Colorado Springs, Colorado October 7, 2003. Rumsfeld talked to soldiers and their families and then took questions from the more than 3000 military personnel in attendance. Rumsfeld is in Colorado to host an informal conference for NATO defense ministers at the Broadmoor Resort in Colorado Springs. (Photo/Gary C. Caskey)