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Rumsfeld soaking up Salt Lake scene
Giuliani, Cheney also are expected to make visits
By Bob Bernick Jr.
Deseret News political editor
President Bush and Secretary of State Colin Powell, among other dignitaries, have come and gone. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld is in Utah to inspect the troops on security detail and to soak up the atmosphere. And former New York Mayor Rudolph Giuliani and Vice President Dick Cheney are expected to come for the 2002 Winter Games' closing ceremonies.
During the Olympics, Salt Lake City is a "must" stop for high-profile travelers.
Giuliani — knighted just a week ago by Britain's Queen Elizabeth II for his leadership following the Sept. 11 attacks on the World Trade Center — will speak at the state Capitol about 10 a.m. on Sunday, says Natalie Gochnour, spokeswoman for Gov. Mike Leavitt.
The speech will be by invitation only — as was President Bush's address on the day of the opening ceremonies. "The mayor will talk about the American spirit," she said, and he will attend the closing ceremonies later that day.
Giuliani won worldwide praise for his response to the terror attacks. Because of a term limitation law, he stepped down in January. Cheney is scheduled to be in town to officially close the Games in Rice-Eccles Olympic Stadium. It was hoped the vice president would speak at the Capitol speech, too. But it is now unclear if such an event will take place, Gochnour said.
Rumsfeld, like other Cabinet officers and top advisers in the Bush administration, is enjoying a "semi-private" visit to the Games. Tuesday, he lunched at the Olympic Village at the University of Utah, took in some Olympic events and then was to spend the night as Leavitt's guest at the Governor's Mansion.
During their whirlwind Olympic day, the defense secretary and governor witnessed American long-track speedskater Derek Parra — who lives and works in Utah — grab a gold medal and set a world record in the men's 1,500 meters.
"That's really a thrill to see," Rumsfeld said afterward.
When asked if speedskating might now be his favorite sport, he replied, "Until tonight. . . ."
He attended the women's figure skating event later in the evening.
Leavitt said that watching Parra win the gold was like watching a "hometown boy" do well. Parra, a San Bernardino native, lives in Park City.
The governor invited all of the Cabinet members to the Games, Gochnour said. A number participated in Leavitt's "think tank" sessions on education, technology and the environment, held the first four days of the Games.
"Secretary Rumsfeld couldn't make it then," she said. But he managed to fit in a 24-hour visit Tuesday and Wednesday.
Rumsfeld's only scheduled public appearance will be a visit Wednesday morning to a special military logistics command in West Valley City.
President Bush, who opened the Games 13 days ago, is now on in Asia. Gochnour said other top federal officials who have attended the Games, besides Rumsfeld and Powell, include House and Urban Development Secretary Mel Martinez; Agriculture Secretary Ann Veneman; Health and Human Services Secretary Tommy Thompson; Interior Secretary Gale Norton; Environmental Protection Agency Director Christine Todd Whitman; and national security adviser Condoleezza Rice.
Many governors and members of Congress have also been in town, as have such global leaders and personalities as Kofi Annan, secretary-general of the United Nations, and Archbishop Desmond Tutu of South Africa.
Contributing: Stephen Speckman
E-MAIL: bbjr@desnews.com
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February 20, 2002
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