Rumsfeld had urged major strategy change in Iraq

President George Bush said he wanted to hear all advice before making decisions about changes in Iraq strategy, even as it was disclosed that Donald Rumsfeld had called for major changes in tactics two days before he resigned as defence secretary.

“In my view it is time for a major adjustment,” Rumsfeld wrote in a November 6 memo to the White House. “Clearly, what US forces are currently doing in Iraq is not working well enough or fast enough.”