Independent Panel Chairman James Schlesinger talks to reporters about the findings and recommendations of the Independent Panel to Review Department of Defense Detention Operations during a Pentagon press conference following the delivery of their final report to Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld, on Aug. 24, 2004. Retired Air Force Gen. Charles A. Horner, former U.S. Representative Tillie K. Fowler and former Secretary of Defense Harold Brown via telephone, joined Schlesinger to discuss the findings and recommendations 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.