George HW Bush: Donald Rumsfeld's 'iron-ass view' hurt my son's presidency

Former US president George HW Bush has criticised one-time defence chief Donald Rumsfeld and former vice president Dick Cheney in a new biography.

In a blistering critique, Mr Bush said Mr Rumsfeld “served the president badly” when his son George W Bush was in the White House and Mr Cheney “built his own empire” and asserted too much “hard-line” influence.