The non-profit organization "Hospital Audiences," which provides hospital patients access to the arts, organized the 3-day escape for the wounded warriors, many of whom will spend between nine months and two years at Walter Reed.

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Going into the fight, Mosley had promised the contest would show off two warriors but after the initial sparring the American spent almost the entirety of the fight in retreat.

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But the fight was still thrilling at times, fought at a high level between two game warriors.

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But on the question of Rumsfeld's fate, the two old warriors part company.

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