**FILE** U.S. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, left, and National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice, listen as President Bush speaks to reporters during his meeting with L. Paul Bremer, the top U.S. administrator in Iraq, in the Oval Office at the White House in this Oct. 27, 2003 file photo in Washington. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld stepped down as defense secretary on Wednesday, Nov. 8, 2006, one day after midterm elections in which opposition to the war in Iraq contributed to heavy Republican losses. (AP Photo/FILE/Charles DharapakFile)