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WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Congress will investigate Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld's handling of the Abu Ghraib Iraqi prison scandal despite Vice President Dick Cheney's call for lawmakers to leave him alone, senators said Sunday. Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-South Carolina, said critics who call for Rumsfeld's resignation were "missing the boat." But he told NBC's "Meet the Press" that Cheney's statement Saturday night was similarly misguided. "Secretary Rumsfeld's resignation may happen, it may not. That's not the focus," said Graham, a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee. "And as to the White House, please don't say things like 'You should get...

<p>May 8, 2004 -- Donald Rumsfeld acquitted himself convincingly and with dignity at yesterday's hearings on Capitol Hill.</p> <p>Certainly nothing surfaced in those proceedings - or anywhere else yesterday - that would justify Rumsfeld's resignation, as Democrats demand; the secretary is right to rebuff those calls.</p>

<p>Yesterday's congressional hearings on the abuse of Iraqi prisoners had two basic purposes: identifying misconduct and coming up with procedures to prevent it from occurring in the future. Based on roughly five hours of testimony, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld and his subordinates have been doing precisely that. In fact, they have been doing so almost constantly ever since the evidence of mistreatment came to their attention in January.</p>

The world learnt one of Washington's best kept secrets yesterday: how, exactly, do you set off Donald Rumsfeld's notorious - and normally well-hidden - temper? The answer emerged as the defence secretary faced harsh questions on Capitol Hill about Iraqi prisoner abuse. Partisan attacks will not do it - again and again, Mr Rumsfeld brushed aside Democratic critics with chops of his hands, and retorts that their allegations were "not accurate". When senators waxed pompous, Mr Rumsfeld ostentatiously studied his papers, scribbled notes to himself or craned to speak to the generals at his side. In private, Mr Rumsfeld is...

I cannot seem to find a FULL transcript [questions & answers of the Rumsfeld testimony before the HASC. I have found PDF's of his opening remarks... What I need is an HTML version of the actual questions and answers... Any help would be really appreciated There was an absolutly amazing response to one of the questions that blew me away...I forget the Rep. who asked it, and the question itself...but Rumsfeld's response was stunning, and had me applauding. Admin Moderator yank if please of course, but give it ten minutes...

In today's testimony before the Armed Services Committee Hillary Clinton may have revealed the source of the leak of the report. Please have a look at the relevant snippets of the transcript from today. I guess my theory is this: If she isn't behind the leak, she knows exactly who is.

WASHINGTON - Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld extended his “deepest apology” Friday to Iraqi prisoners abused by U.S. military personnel, telling Congress that he accepted full responsibility for the shocking events. But he warned that worse was yet to come....." < snip> “There are other photos that depict incidents of physical violence towards prisoners, acts that can only be described as blatantly sadistic, cruel and inhumane," he said. “... It’s going to get a good deal more terrible, I’m afraid.” Rumsfeld did not describe the photos, but U.S. military officials told NBC News that the unreleased images showed U.S. soldiers severely...

Donald Rumsfeld put on a typically confident performance yesterday when he was grilled by Congressional committees on the torture of Iraqi prisoners by Americans at Abu Ghraib prison in Baghdad. Apologies are not Mr Rumsfeld's style, but this was one occasion when nothing less would do. Mr Rumsfeld did not seek to play down the "sadistic and cruel" abuse, nor the catastrophic harm inflicted on American prestige; he offered compensation to the victims; he humbled himself. He also apologised to President Bush, who has had to appear in public to appease Muslim anger twice this week to limit the damage...

John Kerry burned the midnight oil on the phone with Democrat members of the Senate Armed Services Committee last night. He pleaded with them to go lightly on Donald Rumsfeld when the Secretary of Defense appears before them today at around noon. Rumsfeld is scheduled to answer their questions about allegations of abuse by US soldiers against Iraqi prisoners and the ensuing investigation. The photos of those alleged cases of abuse have enraged the Arab world. And Democrat bigs on the Armed Services Committee have called for Rumsfled’s head. But according to our source inside the Kerry campaign, John Kerry...

Rumsfeld Accepts Responsibility for Abu Ghraib By Jim GaramoneAmerican Forces Press Service WASHINGTON, May 7, 2004 – Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld accepted full responsibility for "the terrible activities that occurred at Abu Ghraib." The secretary said the alleged abuse of Iraqi prisoners at the prison in Iraq "occurred on my watch, and as secretary of defense I am accountable for them, and I take full responsibility." Rumsfeld was joined by Air Force Gen. Richard B. Myers, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff; Acting Army Secretary Les Brownlee; Army Chief of Staff Gen. Peter Schoomaker; and U.S. Central...

Did anyone else watch the full congressional hearings? Duke Cunningham, flying ace fighter pilot from vietnam asked to sit in on the hearings. Surprising he is not on this committee. Anyway, he had to wait until everyone else, over 3 hours of questions were asked and answer on the house side, 3 hours on the senate side. His opening statement brought tears to my eyes and I could see Rummy was having problems blinking back tears himself.Duke said to Rummy something along these lines. I have talked to thousands of military people in every branch of service in the last...

US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld has offered his "deepest apologies" to Iraqi inmates mistreated by US troops. Mr Rumsfeld told Congress he bore responsibility for the issue. But he strongly denied the Pentagon had not taken "swift, corrective" action - and ordered an inquiry on the handling of the abuse by his department. Mr Rumsfeld said only when he saw the abuse photos on Thursday - and there were many more than those aired - did he realise how grave the situation was. Faced by calls to step down he said: "Needless to say, if I thought I could not...

WASHINGTON — Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld on Friday extended “my deepest apology” to Iraqis brutally abused in U.S. military prisons and said he favors compensating them for their suffering. “These events occurred on my watch. As Secretary of Defense, I am accountable for them. I take full responsibility,” Rumsfeld told the Senate Armed Services Committee. Rumsfeld took the witness chair after a week of controversy over the photographs of U.S. captors abusing their prisoners, often forcing them to assume sexually humiliating poses. Several Democratic lawmakers have demanded his resignation. Sen. John Warner, R-Va., said the committee needed to know...

(CNSnews.com) - Despite calls for his resignation and word that some are drafting an article of impeachment against him even as he testified before the Senate Armed Services Committee Friday, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld had a clear message for his critics: he will not resign. "I've got my own view about people who want to call for your resignation before you speak, but I'll leave that to myself," Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) told Rumsfeld. Lindsey asked the defense secretary whether he believes he's able to carry out his duties in a bipartisan manner and also what he would say to...

<p>WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld took responsibility on Friday for the abuse of Iraqi prisoners by U.S. troops and offered his "deepest apology" to the victims, but said he would not resign just to satisfy his political enemies.</p>

WASHINGTON - Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld on Friday extended "my deepest apology" to Iraqis brutally abused in U.S. military prisons and said he favors compensating them for their suffering. "These events occurred on my watch. As Secretary of Defense, I am accountable for them. I take full responsibility," Rumsfeld told the Senate Armed Services Committee. At the same time, he brushed aside Democratic demands for his resignation. Asked whether he could remain effective in his post, he said if he believed he could not, "I'd resign in a minute." "I would not resign simply because people try to make...

Today we have Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld and his staff being grilled by members of congress over the supposed atrocities in Iraq. While members of the Democratic party make absolute fools of themselves, Maine's own Republican Susan Collins must feel sorry for them, for she is making statements every bit as arsine, ignorant and foolish as the best of the democrats. Today we are going to look at some pictures, and we are going to look at what Democrat Senator John Kerry confessed to having had done in Viet Nam. Then you need to ask yourself what is so...

WASHINGTON - U.S. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld apologized at a congressional hearing on Friday for the abuse of Iraqi prisoners held by U.S. forces outside Baghdad. Some critics have called for Rumsfeld to resign for his handling of the prisoner-abuse scandal. Meanwhile, U.S. administrator L. Paul Bremer first heard of allegations that troops were mistreating Iraqi captives at Abu Ghraib prison in January, a spokesman said Friday, while the Red Cross claimed it had been warning of prisoner abuse since the very beginning of the U.S.-led invasion. "Ambassador Bremer was made aware of the charges relating to the humiliations in...

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