From CNN: Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld will tell congressional committees Friday that he plans to form an independent panel to review how the Pentagon handled investigations into allegations of abuses of Iraqi prisoners, a senior administration official said. He also will bring a poster-sized blowup of a Pentagon press release to counter accusations that he tried to keep lawmakers in the dark about the case... "He is an important part of my Cabinet and he will stay in my Cabinet," Bush said at a White House news conference with Jordan's King Abdullah II. But not everyone in Washington is convinced: Prominent Democrats, including presidential candidate John F. Kerry and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, demanded his resignation, while senior Republicans fumed over his failure to alert them to the brewing crisis. The most recent photos are here.