Chairman of the Independent Panel to Review Department of Defense Detention Operations James Schlesinger (center) is flanked by retired Air Force Gen. Charles A. Horner (left) and former U.S. Representative Tillie K. Fowler as he calls on a reporter during a Pentagon press conference following the delivery of their final report to Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld, on Aug. 24, 2004. The panel members, along with former Secretary of Defense Harold Brown via telephone, talked with reporters about their findings and recommendations regarding the allegations and investigations of abuse at DoD detention facilities. Schlesinger was secretary of defense for Presidents Nixon and Ford and secretary of energy for President Carter.