Rumsfeld 'twice offered to resign'

US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld offered to resign 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 President George Bush’s hands.

Rumsfeld 'twice offered to resign'

US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld offered to resign 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 President George Bush’s hands.

“He made that decision and said he did want me to stay on,” Rumsfeld told CNN’s Larry King Live yesterday.

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