Yahoo! News - Rumsfeld: 'Deepest Apology' for Iraq Prison Abuse
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld took responsibility on Friday for the abuse of Iraqi prisoners by U.S. troops and offered his "deepest apology" to the victims, but said he would not resign just to satisfy his political enemies.

These events occurred on my watch as secretary of defense. I am accountable for them. I take full responsibility," Rumsfeld told the Senate Armed Services Committee.

Warning that he had seen new photographs and a videotape not yet made public that were hard to believe, Rumsfeld said more damaging revelations were coming that could inflict even more damage on the reputation of the United States.

"I feel terrible about what happened to these detainees. They are human beings, they were in U.S. custody, our country had an obligation to treat them right. We didn't. That was wrong," Rumsfeld said, adding that the United States would seek to compensate victims of abuse.

Rumsfeld repeatedly said he had not realized the extent of the abuse until he saw the photographs. He said he had seen more horrific images on Thursday evening that he hoped would never be leaked to the media because they would do much more damage to the United States.

Damage to the United States? How about damage, in the form of death, to some poor shlub still over there?

Oh dear. They must be horrible if this administration, the one that never accepts any responsibility for anything ever, is apologizing all over itself. Holy shit.