** FILE ** In this Tuesday, Oct. 17, 2006 file picture, Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, left, and Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld watch President Bush during a signing ceremony for the Military Commissions Act of 2006, in the East Room, of the White House in Washington. Gonzales has resigned, ending a months-long standoff with Republican and Democratic critics who called for his ouster over the Justice Department's botched handling of FBI terror investigations and the firing of U.S. attorneys, officials said Monday, Aug. 27, 2007. (AP Photo/Ron Edmonds)