Rumsfeld - Military Campaign Needs Global Effort: Military efforts in Afghanistan are showing “measurable progress,” but the United States needs the help of dozens of nations to succeed, Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld said Sunday. Rumsfeld met with Russian and Central Asian leaders during the weekend in an effort to shore up the coalition against the Taliban and terrorist networks worldwide. Sunday, he met with Uzbek president Islam Karimov to discuss the role that nation is playing. About 1,000 U.S. troops and equipment are using a former Soviet air base south of Tashkent, Uzbekistan.