Buck stops with me, says grovelling Rumsfeld

Beleaguered US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld today extended “my deepest apologies” to Iraqi prisoners abused by military personnel and told Congress he accepts full responsibility for the shocking events.

Buck stops with me, says grovelling Rumsfeld

Beleaguered US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld today extended “my deepest apologies” to Iraqi prisoners abused by military personnel and told Congress he accepts full responsibility for the shocking events.

“These events occurred on my watch. As Secretary of Defence, I am accountable for them. I take full responsibility,” Rumsfeld told the Senate Armed Services Committee.

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