Madam, - At a news conference hosted by Donald Rumsfeld (April 8th), he was asked whether the US people could expect more servicemen's lives to be lost in Iraq. He replied, "Yes, we can expect that a number of US servicemen may expect that their lives may not be fully lived out". I despair of Rumsfeld speak. Is this a first or a last? - Yours, etc.,
PAUL BARTON, Limerick.