Rumsfeld says he offered to resign twice last year
Friday, February 4, 2005
WASHINGTON -- Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld disclosed Thursday that he had offered President Bush his resignation twice during the height of the Abu Ghraib prisoner abuse scandal last year. He said he wanted the decision on his future to be placed in Bush's hands.
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