On Saturday Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld made a surprise visit to the Al Asad Air base in Iraq to meet U.S. troops. He met with 1500 (fifteen hundred) Marines for a question and answer session, but military commanders warned the soldiers there was one question they couldn’t ask. Sgt. Major Dennis Reed instructed troops, “Don’t ask when you’re going home. We’ll tell you when you’re going home.” In Iraq, Rumsfeld met with the unelected Iraqi prime minister Ayad Allawi, U.S. Ambassador John Negroponte and the George Casey, the top U.S. commander in Iraq. While Rumsfeld was visiting Iraq, two car bombs exploded in Baghdad killing 11 people.