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Mr. Donald Rumsfeld
Secretary of Defense
The Pentagon
Washington D.C.

September 23, 2001

Dear Mr. Rumsfeld,

I would like to express my sincere congratulations for the coming 200th Anniversary of the West Point US Military Academy.

The Academy is well known in the world for its excellence, high standards and values. During 200 years of existing it has educated prominent leaders in military, politics, science, culture, social affairs and other areas, leaders that played a major role in the history of the US as well as the whole world.

         In these difficult moments for the US, facing new kind of terrorism, alumni of West Point, and other military academies in the US, lead the world in fight, hopefully final, against enemies of humanity.

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ISRAEL
Minister of Defense Benjamin Ben Eliezer
23 September 2001


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