Bush Believes Rumsfeld

Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld (middle) looks over at U.S. President George W. Bush delivering a speech at the Pentagon on Monday. The U.S. president clearly expressed his intention to reappoint Rumsfeld despite the pressure on the secretary to resign concerning the U.S. soldiers’ abuse of the Iraqis. At left is Vice President Dick Cheney and at the right end of the picture is the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Richard Myers.