AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE , U.S. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said April 18 that criticism of his leadership was to be expected because the changes he has pressed the military to make have aroused resistance and controversy.
Rumsfeld reiterated at a Pentagon news conference that he had no intention to yield to calls for his resignation by six retired generals who have blamed him for strategic blunders in Iraq.
He expressed pride in his decisions to transform the U.S. military, but acknowledged that change was hard to accept for some in the military.
