U.S. spokesman in Iraq appears to nearly faint
Associated Press
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The spokesman for the U.S.-led Coalition Provisional Authority in Iraq, Dan Senor, right, gestures during a news conference in Baghdad March 31. Brig. Gen. Mark Kimmitt, deputy chief of U.S. military operations in Iraq is seen on left.
BAGHDAD, Iraq -- The top U.S. military spokesman in Iraq appeared to briefly lose consciousness during a news conference today, bumping his face into a podium microphone. He left the room for a period but returned smiling and answered more questions.
There was no immediate explanation for the apparent fainting spell suffered by Army Brig. Gen. Mark Kimmitt, the deputy head of operations in Iraq, who delivers daily briefings to Baghdad-based journalists alongside the top U.S. coalition spokesman Dan Senor.
Kimmitt had left the podium for a few minutes earlier in the press conference, which was broadcast live internationally. He returned, looking pale, to take more questions.
Just after answering a question, Kimmitt leaned toward Senor and whispered, "I gotta go."
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