KURDISTAN VISIT — Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld, right, and Massoud Barzani, president of the Kurdistan Democratic Party, conduct a press conference in Sala Huddin, Kurdistan, following a meeting with leaders of the Kurdish Democratic Party, April 12, 2005. Rumsfeld's trip to Kurdistan followed a visit to Iraq to meet with deployed U.S. troops and with the newly-elected members of the Iraqi government. Defense Dept. photo by U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Cherie A. Thurlby