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Rumsfeld rejects Annan appeal

`FLAT WRONG' US Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld took a swipe at UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan over his call for the closure of the maligned Guantanamo Bay prison

AP , NEW YORK

"We in the government have barely even begun to compete in reaching their audiences," Rumsfeld said.

He said that the military needs to focus more on adapting to the changes in global media.

"In some cases, military public affairs officials have had little communications training and little, if any, grounding in the importance of timing and rapid response, and the realities of digital and broadcast media," he said.

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